If any person has erroneously delivered any unclaimed moneys or other unclaimed property to the state or any officer or employee thereof, and the moneys or other property is deposited in, or transferred to, the General Fund, or is held by the Controller or Treasurer in the name of that fund, pursuant to this title, the moneys or other property delivered in error, if cash, shall on order of the Controller, be transferred from the General Fund to the Unclaimed Property Fund, and, if other than cash, the records of the Controller and Treasurer shall be adjusted to show that it is held in the name of the proper account in the Unclaimed Property Fund; and the moneys or other property may be refunded or returned to that person on order of the Controller.
§ 1346.Transfer of Erroneously Delivered Cash to Unclaimed Property Fund Or Adjustment of Records to Show Proper Account If Other Than Cash
Title 10. Unclaimed Property · Chapter 3. Payment of Claims · Article 2. Refund of Erroneous Receipts · Last amended 2016 · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1346 requires money or property erroneously delivered to the state and later deposited in or transferred to the General Fund to be moved back to the Unclaimed Property Fund -- by transfer if cash, or by adjusting the records if not -- before the Controller can order it refunded or returned to the person who delivered it.
Full Text of § 1346
Plain-English Summary
Section 1345 handles an erroneous delivery while it still sits in the Unclaimed Property Fund. This section covers the same kind of mistake after the money or property has already moved on -- deposited in, or transferred to, the General Fund, or held there in the Controller's or Treasurer's records.
Before a refund or return can happen, the money or property first has to come back to where it belongs. If it is cash, the Controller orders it transferred from the General Fund back to the Unclaimed Property Fund. If it is something other than cash, the Controller's and Treasurer's records get adjusted instead, to show it is held in the name of the correct account in the Unclaimed Property Fund. Only after that correction is made can the Controller order the money or property refunded or returned to the person who delivered it in error.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this section different from Section 1345?
Section 1345 covers a refund while the erroneously delivered property is still in the Unclaimed Property Fund; this section covers the same situation after the property has already moved to the General Fund, requiring it to be transferred or reclassified back first.
What happens if the erroneously delivered property is cash that already reached the General Fund?
The Controller orders it transferred back from the General Fund to the Unclaimed Property Fund.
What if the erroneously delivered property is something other than cash?
The Controller's and Treasurer's records are adjusted to show it held in the name of the proper account in the Unclaimed Property Fund.
Amendment History
Amended by Stats 2016 ch 31 (SB 836),s 12, eff. 6/27/2016. Amended by Stats 2006 ch 538 (SB 1852),s 69, eff. 1/1/2007.
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.
· Official source
Also known as: erroneous deposit general fund transfer backcorrecting mistaken unclaimed property records