{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"12542","citation":"Gov. Code, § 12542","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3"},{"name":"PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS [12001. - 12790.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Attorney General [12500. - 12661.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Escheated Property [12540. - 12544.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2/chapter-6/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 102.   (AB 378)   Effective January 1, 2022.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>The Attorney General may employ counsel to act in the Attorney General’s place and stead for the investigation for discovery and the recovery of any such property. In those proceedings counsel so employed have the authority of the Attorney General.</p>","text":"The Attorney General may employ counsel to act in the Attorney General’s place and stead for the investigation for discovery and the recovery of any such property. In those proceedings counsel so employed have the authority of the Attorney General.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/escheated-property-12542","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}