Unless otherwise provided in this title, all money or other property deposited in the State Treasury under the provisions of this title may be claimed by the person entitled thereto at any time prior to the date on which such money or other property has become permanently escheated, as provided by this title.
§ 1350.Persons Who May Claim Money Or Property
Title 10. Unclaimed Property · Chapter 3. Payment of Claims · Article 3. Claims · Enacted 1708 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1350 lets the person entitled to money or property deposited in the State Treasury under this Title claim it at any time before it becomes permanently escheated, unless some other provision of this Title says otherwise.
Full Text of § 1350
Plain-English Summary
This section states the basic claims window in the simplest possible terms. Unless some other part of this Title provides differently, the person entitled to money or other property deposited in the State Treasury under this Title can claim it at any point up until it becomes permanently escheated.
The key line is the one drawn by permanent escheat. Up to that point, the property remains open to recovery by its rightful owner; once permanent escheat happens, this general claims right ends, and only the narrower correction mechanisms in Article 2 -- for property mistakenly treated as permanently escheated -- remain available.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a person have to claim deposited property under this section?
At any time before the money or property becomes permanently escheated, unless another provision of this Title says otherwise.
What happens to the right to claim once property becomes permanently escheated?
This general claims right ends; only the correction process in Section 1347, for property wrongly treated as permanently escheated, remains available.
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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