CHAPTER 4. Lost and Unclaimed Property [2080. - 2082.]
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 656.
§§ 2080–2082 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Lost Money and Goods §§ 2080–2080.10 · 10 sections
- § 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 contract or law, but when the person…
- § 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 value of one hundred…
- § 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, and…
- § 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 of the property…
- § 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…
- § 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 under…
- § 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 property…
- § 2080.7 The provisions of this article have no application to things which have been intentionally abandoned by their owner.
- § 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…
- § 2080.10 (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)…
ARTICLE 2. Unclaimed Property §§ 2081–2081.6 · 7 sections
- § 2081 When any goods, merchandise, or other property has been received by any railroad or express company, other common carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or…
- § 2081.1 If within 60 days after its receipt no person calls for the property and pays the freight and charges upon it, the carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or…
- § 2081.2 If any surplus remains after paying the freight, storage, expenses of sale, and other reasonable charges, the sum remaining shall be paid over to the owner of…
- § 2081.3 If the owner or his agent fails to demand the surplus within 60 days after the sale, it shall be paid into the county treasury, subject to the order of the…
- § 2081.4 After the storage of the property the responsibility of the carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or warehouseman ceases. The person with whom the property…
- § 2081.5 When any commission merchant or warehouseman receives produce, merchandise, or other property on consignment and makes advances upon it, either to the owner or…
- § 2081.6 All proceedings pursuant to this article are governed entirely by its provisions and are not controlled or affected by Article 2, Chapter 3, Title 7, Part 4,…
ARTICLE 3. Fees of Officers § 2082 · 1 section
- § 2082 The fees of officers under this chapter are the same allowed by law for similar services, and shall be paid by the taker up or finder and recovered from the…