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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A20-6. Disposition of unclaimed property in Sheriff's custody.

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

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Sec. A20-6. Disposition of unclaimed property in Sheriff's custody.

Except as provided in Section A20-7, any property, including money, in the possession of the Sheriff which is not required to be retained in the performance of the Sheriff's official duties and which has remained unclaimed for more than three months 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 may be transferred by the Sheriff to the Public Administrator or transferred to an on-line Internet auctioneer pursuant to Civil Code § 1873 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 Juvenile 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 § 516.

(c) Any such property which, in the opinion of the Sheriff 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.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.30-5; Ord. No. NS-300.29, § 1, 3-10-58; Ord. No. NS-300.115, § 1, 11-27-67; Ord. No. NS-300.125, § 1, 10-14-68; Ord. No. NS-300.669, § 1, 9-10-02)

State law reference(s)--Disposition of unclaimed property of prisoners, Government Code § 26642.

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