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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A20-44. Disposal of unclaimed property in the Department's custody.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A20-44. Disposal of unclaimed property in the Department's custody.

Any property, including money, of a prisoner in the possession of the Department which is not required to be retained by it for official purposes and which has remained unclaimed for a period of one year after the prisoner's release, or for five years after the prisoner's death, or 120 days after a notice has been sent to the prisoner's last-known address or, in the event of the prisoner's death, one year after a notice has been sent to the prisoner's last-known next of kin shall be disposed of in the following manner:

(a) Currency or coin shall be deposited with the County Treasurer for deposit to the general fund of the County.

(b) All other property shall be transferred by the Department to the Public Administrator for sale to the public at public auction and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the County Treasurer for deposit to the general fund of the County; provided, however, that bicycles and toys shall be turned over to the Chief Probation Officer upon his or her request for use in any program of activities designed to prevent juvenile delinquency pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code § 217.

(c) Any such property which, in the opinion of the Department or the Public Administrator, is worthless or which if sold at public auction would not bring a sum sufficient to offset the cost of conducting the sale may be destroyed, or donated to charitable institutions, or may be repaired and renovated by County prisoners and transferred to the Public Administrator for sale at public auction.

(Ord. No. NS-300.4 15, § 9, 6-25-87)

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