When payment or delivery of money or other property has been made to any claimant under the provisions of this chapter, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any other claimant against the State or any officer thereof for or on account of such property.
§ 1335.Immunity of State Upon Payment Or Delivering Money Or Property to Claimant
Title 10. Unclaimed Property · Chapter 3. Payment of Claims · Article 1. General · Enacted 1708 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1335 bars any other claimant from suing the state or a state officer over money or property already paid or delivered to a claimant under this chapter.
Full Text of § 1335
Plain-English Summary
This section closes the loop once a claim has been paid. When the state pays or delivers money or other property to a claimant under this chapter, that payment is meant to be the end of the matter as far as the state is concerned. No suit can afterward be maintained by any other claimant against the state, or any officer of the state, over that same property.
This does not necessarily settle who, among competing claimants, had the better right to the property -- it only protects the state itself from being dragged into that fight a second time once it has already paid someone in good faith under the chapter's procedures. A disappointed rival claimant's remedy, if any, runs against the person who was paid, not against the state.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a second claimant sue the state after it has already paid a different claimant?
No -- this section bars any suit against the state or a state officer once payment or delivery has been made to a claimant under this chapter.
Does paying one claimant finally resolve who had the true right to the property?
Not necessarily between competing claimants themselves -- this section only shields the state from being sued again over property it has already paid out.
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: finality of payment unclaimed property claimbar on second claimant suit against state