CHAPTER 5. Warrants

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 29800–29878 · 48 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 29800–29808 · 8 sections

   • § 29800 All warrants issued by the county auditor shall be numbered consecutively within each series. The number, date, amount of each, and the name of the person to…
   • § 29801 Separate series of numbers may be used for the different kinds of warrants, such as pay roll warrants, general warrants drawn for miscellaneous supplies and…
   • § 29802 (a) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, any warrant issued is void if not presented to the county treasurer for payment within six months after its date.…
   • § 29803 Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue warrants on the treasurer in favor of the persons entitled thereto in payment of all claims…
   • § 29804 Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue warrants on the treasurer for all debts and demands against the county when the amounts are fixed…
   • § 29806 Warrants drawn by order of the board on the county treasury for the current expenses during each year shall be paid in the order of presentation to the…
   • § 29807 Whenever any district, public corporation or public agency uses the county treasury as the depository of its moneys, the county auditor, notwithstanding any…
   • § 29808 The auditor may direct the transfer of the amount of the order, requisition or other authorization, from the account or funds of the district, public…
2. ARTICLE 2. Payment and Registration §§ 29820–29828 · 9 sections

   • § 29820 When a warrant is presented for payment, if there is money in the fund for that purpose, the treasurer shall pay it by any of the following methods: (a) By…
   • § 29821 Whenever an issuing officer draws a warrant upon the fund in an amount that exceeds the balance of the fund and the issuing officer determines that the warrant…
   • § 29822 The governing board of any local agency may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, adopt a resolution authorizing the issuing of registered…
   • § 29823 The treasurer shall register any warrant presented to him or her pursuant to Section 29821 or 29822 by endorsing upon the back of that warrant all of the…
   • § 29824 (a) The rate of interest payable on a registered warrant shall be determined by a ratesetting committee upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.…
   • § 29825 The treasurer shall maintain a separate register for registered warrants that records for each registered warrant all of the following information: (a) The…
   • § 29826 (a) Registered warrants shall be paid out of money in the fund that may be properly applied to those warrants according to the order in which each warrant was…
   • § 29827 When the treasurer pays any warrant upon which any interest is due, he or she shall note on the warrant the amount of interest paid and enter on his or her…
   • § 29828 Actual costs incurred for warrant registration, record maintenance, notification, interest calculation, and payment processing may be recovered from the…
3. ARTICLE 2.3. Alternative Payment and Registration Procedure §§ 29830–29839 · 10 sections

   • § 29830 In lieu of the method in Article 2 (commencing with Section 29820) for the registration of county warrants, the provisions of this article may be followed upon…
   • § 29831 As used in this chapter, “committee” means the chief administrative officer, auditor, and treasurer, or any other county employee appointed by the board of…
   • § 29832 Whenever the county auditor draws a warrant upon the treasury in an amount in excess of the balance of the fund, the county auditor shall present it to the…
   • § 29833 By a majority vote the committee shall fix the rate of interest earned on registered warrants at not more than 5 percent per annum.
   • § 29834 Registered warrants are entitled to preference as to payment out of money in the fund properly applicable to the warrants according to the order in which they…
   • § 29835 After registration, the treasurer shall return the warrant to the county auditor for distribution to the payees.
   • § 29836 When there is sufficient money in the fund to redeem the warrants drawing interest, the treasurer shall give notice in a newspaper published in the county, or…
   • § 29837 In advertising warrants in a newspaper, the treasurer shall not publish the warrants in detail, but shall give notice only that county warrants registered by…
   • § 29838 If the warrants are not presented for redemption within 60 days from the time given in the notice, the funds set aside for their redemption shall be applied by…
   • § 29839 When the treasurer redeems any warrant upon which any interest is due, the amount of interest shall be entered in the account distinct from principal.
4. ARTICLE 2.5. Optional Method—Registering Claims or Orders §§ 29840–29845 · 6 sections

   • § 29840 In lieu of the method provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 29820) for the registration of county warrants, the provisions of this article may be…
   • § 29841 When any approved claim or order against funds in the county treasury is presented to the county auditor, and the claim or order constitutes a valid claim…
   • § 29842 The county auditor shall number and date the registered claim or order and shall transmit a notice to the payee that the claim or order has been registered for…
   • § 29843 Warrants shall be issued by the county auditor in payment of registered claims or orders from the first moneys thereafter becoming available in the fund and…
   • § 29844 Whenever moneys become available in the fund for payment of the registered claim or order, the county auditor shall enter on each the amount of interest due…
   • § 29845 Actual costs incurred for claim or order registration, record maintenance, notification, interest calculation, and payment processing may be recovered from the…
5. ARTICLE 3. Duplicate Warrants §§ 29850–29854 · 6 sections

   • § 29850 If any warrant issued by the county auditor is lost or destroyed before it is paid by the treasurer, the amount due may be recovered by the legal owner or…
   • § 29851 Upon the filing of the affidavit, the auditor shall issue and deliver to the legal owner or custodian a duplicate warrant for the full amount of the original…
   • § 29852 If the duplicate warrant is not presented for payment to the county treasurer within the time within which the original warrant could have been presented for…
   • § 29853 A warrant is considered lost if it has been mailed and has not been received by the addressee within 20 days after the date of mailing or within a shorter…
   • § 29853.5 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 29850) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the…
   • § 29854 The auditor and treasurer shall each make the proper entries on their respective books, showing that the warrant is lost or destroyed and that a duplicate…
6. ARTICLE 4. Purchase by State of County Warrants for Aid §§ 29870–29878 · 9 sections

   • § 29870 The purpose of this article is to maintain in effect in every county the state plans for aid to the needy aged, aid to needy children, and aid to the needy…
   • § 29871 “Registered,” as used in this article, means endorsed and signed by the county treasurer.
   • § 29872 Any county which is liable under the Welfare and Institutions Code for the payment of aid to the needy aged, aid to the needy blind, or aid to needy children…
   • § 29873 The county shall submit its application to the State Department of Social Services. The application shall be in such form and show such facts as are prescribed…
   • § 29874 If the Department of Finance determines that the purchase will tend to effect the purpose of this article and that the county is eligible to make application,…
   • § 29875 The purchase shall be effected as follows: (a) In lieu of the issue of registered warrants to the persons to whom the county is liable for the payment of aid,…
   • § 29876 The funds received by a county from the State in payment for warrants of the county shall be kept in a separate fund and used only for the payment of the aid…
   • § 29877 Any funds received by the Department of Finance in payment of county registered warrants purchased pursuant to this article shall be immediately deposited in…
   • § 29878 All registered warrants issued to the State pursuant to this article are subject in every respect to Article 2.