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TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 8000-22980›DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 11000-15986›PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS 12001-12790›CHAPTER 6. Attorney General 12500-12661›ARTICLE 3. Escheated Property 12540-12544

§ 12540

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The Attorney General shall institute investigations for the discovery of all real and personal property to which the State may be entitled by escheat. For that purpose he may cite any person before any superior court of this State to answer investigations and render accounts concerning any such property, and he may examine all books and papers of any corporation.

(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)

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