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CA Civ Pro Code § 1575 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 6 - Compliance and Enforcement|Section 1575.

1575.  (a) If the State Controller believes that a person in another state holds property subject to escheat under this chapter and the courts of this state cannot obtain jurisdiction over that person, the Attorney General of this state may request an officer of the other state to bring an action in the name of this state to enforce the provisions of this chapter against such person.(b) This state shall pay all reasonable costs incurred by the other state in any action brought under the authority of this section. The State Controller may agree to pay to any state bringing such an action a reward not to exceed fifteen percent of the value, after deducting reasonable costs, of any property recovered for this state as a direct or indirect result of such action. Any costs or rewards paid pursuant to this section shall be paid from the Abandoned Property Account in the Unclaimed Property Fund and shall not be deducted from the amount that is subject to be claimed by the owner in accordance with this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 356.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1576 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 6 - Compliance and Enforcement|Section 1576.

1576.  (a) Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform other duties, including use of the report format described in Section 1530, required under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day such report is withheld or such duty is not performed, but not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(b) Any person who willfully refuses to pay or deliver escheated property to the Controller as required under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(c) No person shall be considered to have willfully failed to report, pay, or deliver escheated property, or perform other duties unless he or she has failed to respond within a reasonable time after notification by certified mail by the Controller’s office of his or her failure to act.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 762, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1577 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 6 - Compliance and Enforcement|Section 1577.

1577.  In addition to any damages, penalties, or fines for which a person may be liable under other provisions of law, any person who fails to report, pay, or deliver unclaimed property within the time prescribed by this chapter, unless that failure is due to reasonable cause, shall pay to the Controller interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum on that property or value thereof from the date the property should have been reported, paid, or delivered. If a holder pays or delivers unclaimed property in a timely manner, but files a report that is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of Section 1530, the interest payable shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The holder shall not be subject to any interest payment if the holder’s failure to report in substantial compliance with the requirements of Section 1530 is due to reasonable cause.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 522, Sec. 8. (AB 1291) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous|Section 1580.

1580.  The State Controller is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1183.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1581 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous|Section 1581.

1581.  (a) Any business association that sells in this state its travelers checks, money orders, or other similar written instruments (other than third-party bank checks) on which such business association is directly liable, or that provides such travelers checks, money orders, or similar written instruments to others for sale in this state, shall maintain a record indicating those travelers checks, money orders, or similar written instruments that are purchased from it in this state.(b) The record required by this section may be destroyed after it has been retained for such reasonable time as the State Controller shall designate by regulation.(c) Any business association that willfully fails to comply with this section is liable to the state for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each day of such failure to comply, which penalty may be recovered in an action brought by the State Controller.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 25.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1582 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE|TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY|CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law|ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous|Section 1582.

1582.  No agreement to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of property reported under Section 1530, entered into between the date a report is filed under subdivision (d) of Section 1530 and the date of publication of notice under Section 1531 is valid. Such an agreement made after publication of notice is valid if the fee or compensation agreed upon is not in excess of 10 percent of the recoverable property and the agreement is in writing and signed by the owner after disclosure in the agreement of the nature and value of the property and the name and address of the person or entity in possession of the property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an owner from asserting, at any time, that any agreement to locate property is based upon an excessive or unjust consideration.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, records of the Controller’s office pertaining to unclaimed property are not available for public inspection or copying until after publication of notice of the property or, if publication of notice of the property is not required, until one year after delivery of the property to the Controller.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 450, Sec. 16. Effective July 31, 1990.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1895 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1895.

1895.  Laws, whether organic or ordinary, are either written or unwritten.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1896 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1896.

1896.  A written law is that which is promulgated in writing, and of which a record is in existence.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1897 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1897.

1897.  The organic law is the Constitution of Government, and is altogether written. Other written laws are denominated statutes. The written law of this State is therefore contained in its Constitution and statutes, and in the Constitution and statutes of the United States.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1898 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1898.

1898.  Statutes are public or private. A private statute is one which concerns only certain designated individuals, and affects only their private rights. All other statutes are public, in which are included statutes creating or affecting corporations.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1899 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1899.

1899.  Unwritten law is the law not promulgated and recorded, as mentioned in Section 1896, but which is, nevertheless, observed and administered in the Courts of the country. It has no certain repository, but is collected from the reports of the decisions of the Courts, and the treatises of learned men.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1904.

1904.  A judicial record is the record or official entry of the proceedings in a Court of justice, or of the official act of a judicial officer, in an action or special proceeding.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1908.

1908.  (a) The effect of a judgment or final order in an action or special proceeding before a court or judge of this state, or of the United States, having jurisdiction to pronounce the judgment or order, is as follows:(1) In case of a judgment or order against a specific thing, or in respect to the probate of a will, or the administration of the estate of a decedent, or in respect to the personal, political, or legal condition or relation of a particular person, the judgment or order is conclusive upon the title to the thing, the will, or administration, or the condition or relation of the person.(2) In other cases, the judgment or order is, in respect to the matter directly adjudged, conclusive between the parties and their successors in interest by title subsequent to the commencement of the action or special proceeding, litigating for the same thing under the same title and in the same capacity, provided they have notice, actual or constructive, of the pendency of the action or proceeding.(b) A person who is not a party but who controls an action, individually or in cooperation with others, is bound by the adjudications of litigated matters as if he were a party if he has a proprietary or financial interest in the judgment or in the determination of a question of fact or of a question of law with reference to the same subject matter or transaction; if the other party has notice of his participation, the other party is equally bound.At any time prior to a final judgment, as defined in Section 577, a determination of whether the judgment, verdict upon which it was entered, or a finding upon which it was entered is to be binding upon a nonparty pursuant to this subdivision or whether such nonparty is entitled to the benefit of this subdivision may, on the noticed motion of any party or any nonparty that may be affected by this subdivision, be made in the court in which the action was tried or in which the action is pending on appeal. If no such motion is made before the judgment becomes final, the determination may be made in a separate action. If appropriate, a judgment may be entered or ordered to be entered pursuant to such determination.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 225.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1908.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1908.5.

1908.5.  When a judgment or order of a court is conclusive, the judgment or order must be alleged in the pleadings if there be an opportunity to do so; if there be no such opportunity, the judgment or order may be used as evidence.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1909 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1909.

1909.  Other judicial orders of a Court or Judge of this State, or of the United States, create a disputable presumption, according to the matter directly determined, between the same parties and their representatives and successors in interest by title subsequent to the commencement of the action or special proceeding, litigating for the same thing under the same title and in the same capacity.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1910.

1910.  The parties are deemed to be the same when those between whom the evidence is offered were on opposite sides in the former case, and a judgment or other determination could in that case have been made between them alone, though other parties were joined with both or either.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1911.

1911.  That only is deemed to have been adjudged in a former judgment which appears upon its face to have been so adjudged, or which was actually and necessarily included therein or necessary thereto.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1912.

1912.  Whenever, pursuant to the last four sections, a party is bound by a record, and such party stands in the relation of a surety for another, the latter is also bound from the time that he has notice of the action or proceeding, and an opportunity at the surety’s request to join in the defense.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1913.

1913.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the effect of a judicial record of a sister state is the same in this state as in the state where it was made, except that it can only be enforced in this state by an action or special proceeding.(b) The authority of a guardian, conservator, or committee, or of a personal representative, does not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the government under which that person was invested with authority, except to the extent expressly authorized by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2011) of Chapter 8 of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Probate Code or another statute.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 1. (SB 940) Effective January 1, 2015. Operative January 1, 2016, by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 29.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1914.

1914.  The effect of the judicial record of a Court of admiralty of a foreign country is the same as if it were the record of a Court of admiralty of the United States.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1916 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1916.

1916.  Any judicial record may be impeached by evidence of a want of jurisdiction in the Court or judicial officer, of collusion between the parties, or of fraud in the party offering the record, in respect to the proceedings.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1917 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 2 - Public Writings|Section 1917.

1917.  The jurisdiction sufficient to sustain a record is jurisdiction over the cause, over the parties, and over the thing, when a specific thing is the subject of the judgment.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1929 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1929.

1929.  Private writings are either:1. Sealed; or,2. Unsealed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1930.

1930.  A seal is a particular sign, made to attest, in the most formal manner, the execution of an instrument.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § [1931.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section [1931.].

[1931.]  Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one. A public seal in this State is a stamp or impression made by a public officer with an instrument provided by law, to attest the execution of an official or public document, upon the paper, or upon any substance attached to the paper, which is capable of receiving a visible impression. A private seal may be made in the same manner by any instrument, or it may be made by the scroll of a pen, or by writing the word “seal” against the signature of the writer. A scroll or other sign, made in a sister State or foreign country, and there recognized as a seal, must be so regarded in this State.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 383.)
CA Civ Pro Code § [1932.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section [1932.].

[1932.]  Section Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-two. There shall be no difference hereafter, in this State, between sealed and unsealed writings. A writing under seal may therefore be changed, or altogether discharged by a writing not under seal.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 383.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1933.

1933.  The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1934.

1934.  An agreement, in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligatory as if a seal were affixed.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1935 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1935.

1935.  A subscribing witness is one who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged, and at the request of the party thereupon signs his name as a witness.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Pro Code § [1950.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section [1950.].

[1950.]  Section Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. The record of a conveyance of real property, or any other record, a transcript of which is admissible in evidence, must not be removed from the office where it is kept, except upon the order of a Court, in cases where the inspection of the record is shown to be essential to the just determination of the cause or proceeding pending, or where the Court is held in the same building with such office.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 383.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1952.

1952.  (a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or filed in the action or proceeding until the final determination thereof or the dismissal of the action or proceeding, except that the court may order the exhibit, deposition, or administrative record returned to the respective party or parties at any time upon oral stipulation in open court or by written stipulation by the parties or for good cause shown. (b) No exhibit or deposition shall be ordered destroyed or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this section where a party to the action or proceeding files a written notice with the court requesting the preservation of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record for a stated time, but not to exceed one year. (c) Upon the conclusion of the trial of a civil action or proceeding at which any exhibit or deposition has been introduced, the court shall order that the exhibit or deposition be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the clerk. The operative destruction or disposition date shall be 60 days following final determination of the action or proceeding. Final determination includes final determination on appeal. Written notice of the order shall be sent by first-class mail to the parties by the clerk. (d) Upon the conclusion of any posttrial hearing at which any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record has been introduced, the court shall order that the exhibit or deposition be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the clerk. The operative date of destruction or disposition shall be 60 days following the conclusion of the hearing, or if an appeal is taken, upon final determination of the appeal. Written notice of the order shall be sent by first-class mail to the parties by the clerk.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1090, Sec. 7.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 1952.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 2 - OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE|CHAPTER 3 - Writings|ARTICLE 3 - Private Writings|Section 1952.2.

1952.2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon a judgment becoming final, at the expiration of the appeal period, unless an appeal is pending, the court, in its discretion, and on its own motion by a written order signed by the judge, filed in the action, and an entry thereof made in the register of actions, may order the clerk to return all of the exhibits, depositions, and administrative records introduced or filed in the trial of a civil action or proceeding to the attorneys for the parties introducing or filing the same.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1090, Sec. 8.)