Pen. Code, § 1422 · Chapter 14. Disposition of Unclaimed Money Held by District Attorney or Court Clerk
Pen. Code, § 1422
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Unless some person files a verified complaint seeking to recover all, or a designated part, of the money in a court of competent jurisdiction within the county in which the notice is published, and serves a copy of the complaint and the summons issued thereon upon the county treasurer before the date designated in the notice, upon that date the money becomes the property of the county and shall be transferred by the treasurer to the general fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2016.
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