California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Lost Money and Goods

  • Section 2080.
    Any person who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it, unless the person is otherwise required to do so by...
  • Section 2080.1.
    (a) If the owner is unknown or has not claimed the property, the person saving or finding the property shall, if the property is of the...
  • Section 2080.2.
    If the owner appears within 90 days, after receipt of the property by the police department or sheriff’s department, proves his ownership of the property,...
  • Section 2080.3.
    (a) If the reported value of the property is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more and no owner appears and proves his or her ownership...
  • Section 2080.4.
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2080.3 or Section 2080.6, the legislative body of any city, city and county, or county may provide by ordinance for...
  • Section 2080.5.
    The police department or sheriff’s department may sell such property by public auction, in the manner and upon the notice of sale of personal property...
  • Section 2080.6.
    (a) Any public agency may elect to be governed by the provisions of this article with respect to disposition of personal property found or saved on...
  • Section 2080.7.
    The provisions of this article have no application to things which have been intentionally abandoned by their owner.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1512.)
  • Section 2080.8.
    (a) The Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, may provide by resolution or regulation for the...
  • Section 2080.10.a.
    (a) When a public agency obtains possession of personal property from a person for temporary safekeeping, the public agency shall do all of the following:(1) Take responsibility...

Last modified: October 22, 2018