Whenever money or other property is paid to the State or any officer or employee thereof under the provisions of this title, and such money or other property has been covered by a decree of distribution in a decedent's estate, or by an order or decree of a court ordering such payment or adjudging that title to such property has vested in the State, the person transmitting such money or other property to the Treasurer or Controller shall, at the time of such transmittal, furnish to the Controller a certified copy of each court order or decree, and of each court order correcting or amending the same, covering such money or other property.
§ 1312.Order Or Decree of Distribution In Decedent's Estate Or Vesting Title In State
Title 10. Unclaimed Property · Chapter 2. Receipt and Expenditure of Funds · Article 1. Deposit of Unclaimed Property · Enacted 1708 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1312 requires a person transmitting money or property covered by a decedent's-estate distribution decree or a court order vesting title in the state to also furnish the Controller a certified copy of that decree or order, and of any correcting or amending order.
Full Text of § 1312
Plain-English Summary
Some transmittals under this Title trace back to a specific court ruling -- a decree distributing a decedent's estate, or an order or decree finding that title to particular money or property has vested in the state. When that is the case, this section adds a documentation requirement on top of the notice already required by Section 1311.
The person sending the money or property has to give the Controller a certified copy of the underlying court order or decree, at the same time as the transmittal. And if that order or decree was later corrected or amended, a certified copy of the correcting or amending order has to come along too. The point is to give the Controller the actual judicial paper trail behind the deposit, not just a description of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
When must a certified court order accompany a transmittal under this Title?
When the money or property being transmitted was covered by a decree of distribution in a decedent's estate, or by a court order or decree vesting title in the state.
What if that original order was later corrected or amended?
A certified copy of the correcting or amending order must also be furnished to the Controller.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1708.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
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Also known as: certified court decree unclaimed property transmittaldecedent estate order vesting title state