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PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 10. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 1300-1615›CHAPTER 5. Escheat Proceedings 1410-1431›ARTICLE 3. Escheat Proceedings in Decedents’ Estates 1420-1424

§ 1424

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If, in any proceeding had under this title, the judgment or decree distributes or vests unclaimed property or any portion thereof to or in the State of California and the distributing or vesting clause contains words otherwise creating a trust in favor of certain unknown or unidentified persons as a class, such judgment or decree shall vest in the State of California both legal and equitable title to such property; saving, however, the right of claimants to appear and claim the property, as provided in this title.

(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1708.)

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