California Statutes
§ 12544. — 12544. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 626, Sec. 3.)
California § 12544.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code GOVGovernment Code - GOV
Div.3.
Title 2.DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Part 2.PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
Ch. 6.CHAPTER 6. Attorney General
Art. 3.ARTICLE 3. Escheated Property
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Cal. Government Code - GOV Code § 12544. (2026).
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If an escheat proceeding is prosecuted by the staff of the Attorney General’s office, the Attorney General shall recover, by presenting a claim to the Controller, all costs and charges of commencing and prosecuting the suit, from the funds so escheated. Those claims shall be paid from the Abandoned Property Account in the Unclaimed Property Fund and credited to and in augmentation of any support appropriation of the Attorney General. The costs and charges may not in any case exceed 10 per cent of the sum or sums actually escheated to the State in those
suits.
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 626, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.
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