Escheatment

Escheatment of Unclaimed Stale-dated Warrants

Annually, the County conducts an escheatment process for unclaimed stale-dated warrants. Generally, a listing of unclaimed warrants to be escheated is published each spring for at least two weeks in a local newspaper and on this website. After publication, any remaining unclaimed warrant funds are escheated by the end of the fiscal year (June 30). Please see the 2024 listing here.

Government Code Section 50050 et seq. provides that certain unclaimed monies, which remain in the treasury or in the custody of the officers of a local agency for three (3) years, may become the property of the agency after published notice if those monies remain unclaimed. Items under $15 need not be published for escheatment to occur.

Escheatment to the general fund occurs if a verified claim is not filed by the designated date 45-60 days after the date of first publication. After this date, money left unclaimed will become the property of the County.