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DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 9. HEALTH BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENTS OF STATE EMPLOYEES 22980›CHAPTER 9. Public Administrator 27440-27444›ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally 27460-27473

§ 27467

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California

If the coroner fails to deliver to the treasurer within 120 days after any inquest upon a dead body all money and proceeds from the sale of property found upon the body, unless claimed in the meantime by the public administrator or other legal representative of the decedent, the district attorney shall proceed against the coroner to recover the money or proceeds by civil action in the name of the county.

(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 77, Sec. 3.)

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