DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 6. SERVICE 2019-2082›CHAPTER 4. Lost and Unclaimed Property 2080-2082›ARTICLE 2. Unclaimed Property 2081-2081.6

§ 2081.1

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

If within 60 days after its receipt no person calls for the property and pays the freight and charges upon it, the carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or warehouseman may sell the property, or so much of it as will pay freight and charges, to the highest bidder at public auction, after first causing such notice of sale to be given as is customary in sales of goods by auction at the place where the goods are held or stored.

(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 656.)

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