California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1440

CA Civ Pro Code § 1440 (2017)  

Whenever, under the provisions of this title or under any other provision of law, any unclaimed money or other property in an estate of a deceased person, or any unclaimed amount payable pursuant to an allowed and approved claim against such an estate, is paid to the State or any officer or employee thereof for deposit in the State Treasury, it shall be deemed to have been so paid under the provisions of this article.

(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1708.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018