§ 1382.Real Property to Which Article Applies

Real property can come into state hands through more than one legal route, and Section 1382 makes sure the sale authority in this article reaches all of them. Any provision of this article authorizing the Controller to sell real property applies to real property distributed or escheated to the state, or property whose title has vested in the State of California by court order or decree of distribution, so long as that real property is held in the name of the Unclaimed Property Fund under this title. The section applies whether or not the property has permanently escheated, extending the Controller's sale authority to property still subject to a future claim as well as property that has escheated for good.

The section then draws a firm boundary around what this article doesn't reach. It does not apply to the disposition of tax-deeded lands under Chapters 7, 8, or 9 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the entirely separate process for property the state or a county acquires through a tax sale. That property follows its own statutory scheme, and this section keeps the two systems from overlapping.