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Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11

DIVISION 1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 99-900›CHAPTER 7. Liquidation and Conservation 600-710›ARTICLE 5. Disposal of Unclaimed Trust Property 700-702

§ 700

California Financial Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Whenever any licensee is being liquidated or whenever the trust business of any licensee has been discontinued and the licensee has in its possession money or other property held by it in trust or for safekeeping and the beneficiaries or persons entitled thereto are unknown or cannot be found, the commissioner or the licensee, upon obtaining approval of the superior court of the county in which the liquidation proceedings are pending or in which the head office of the licensee is situated, may do the following:

(a) In the case of money, deliver it to the Treasurer.

(b) In the case of other property, deliver it to the Controller for deposit in the State Treasury.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)

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