Unclaimed Property

Glendale, CA - Escheat is the legal process of lapsing or reverting ownership of unclaimed private property to the government by operation of law.  Unclaimed checks are payments issued by the City, which are not cashed by their recipients within six (6) months after the date of issue. Unclaimed deposits are refundable deposits that meet the refund eligibility, which have been unclaimed for a period of over three (3) years. For funds held by the City which remain unclaimed for a period of over three (3) years, the City must make every effort to return such funds to the proper individuals per Government Code sections 50050-50057. Sections 50050-50051 require the list of unclaimed checks and deposits be published as a public notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the local agency.  The unclaimed funds shall then become the property of the City on a designated date not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice. Section 50052 provides guidelines for the claiming process.  Section 50053 states that if such money becomes the property of a local agency and is in a special fund, the legislative body may transfer it to the General Fund of the City. Per Section 50055, any unclaimed funds that are less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) and more than one-year-old, can be transferred to the General Fund without the publication of a notice.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Finance/Information Technology Director of the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, declares that the following monetary sums have been held by the Finance Director and have remained unclaimed in the funds hereafter indicated for a period of over three (3) years and will become the property of the City of Glendale, on a date not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than sixty (60) days after first publication of this Notice. Any party of interest may, prior to the date designated herein above, file a claim with the City’s Finance Department, which includes the claimant’s name, address, amount of claim, and the grounds on which the claim is founded. The Unclaimed Check form & Unclaimed Deposit form can be obtained from the City’s Finance Department at 141 N Glendale Ave, Room 346, Glendale, CA 91206 or from the City’s website. For questions regarding unclaimed checks, please contact the City of Glendale, Finance Department, Accounts Payable at (818) 548-3907. For questions regarding unclaimed deposits, please contact City of Glendale, Finance Department, General Accounting at 818-548-3243.This notice and its contents are in accordance with California Government Code Sections 50050-50056.