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Government Code - GOV

TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000 - 33205]

  ( Title 3 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. )
  

DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000 - 28085]

  ( Division 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. )
  

PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS [26500 - 27773]

  ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. )
  

CHAPTER 2. Sheriff [26600 - 26778]

  ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Prisoners’ Property [26640 - 26646]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. )

  
26642.  

The sheriff shall pay into the general fund for the use and benefit of the county any money of a prisoner or the proceeds of the sale of his or her valuables remaining unclaimed for a period of one year after his or her release, or five years after his or her death, or 120 days after a notice has been sent to his or her last known address or, in the event of his or her death, one year after a notice has been sent to his or her last known next of kin.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 349, Sec. 1.)