Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1370. Section 1370.
The Controller may sell or lease personal property at any time, and in any manner, and may execute those leases on behalf and in the name of the State of California.
ARTICLE 3. Sale or Disposal of Property [1370. - 1382.]
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP 3.
in effectCal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1371. Section 1371.
The Controller may sell, cash, redeem, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any securities and all other classes of personal property, and may sell, cash, redeem, exchange, compromise, adjust, settle, or otherwise dispose of any accounts, debts, contractual rights, or other choses in action if, in his or her opinion, that action on his or her part is necessary or will tend to safeguard and conserve the interests of all
parties, including the state, having any vested or expectant interest in the property.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1372. Section 1372.
The Controller may sign, endorse, or otherwise authenticate, in the name and on behalf of the State, subscribing his name, as Controller, under such writing, any securities, bills of sale, documents, or other instruments required, under customary business practice, for the consummation of the transactions authorized by this chapter. For all purposes, such endorsement is conclusive and binding against the State and the heirs, devisees, legatees, or other claimants of the property covered by such endorsement.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1373. Section 1373.
The Controller may lease or sell any real property for cash at public auction to the highest bidder.
Before such sale or lease, notice thereof shall be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6063 in a newspaper published in the county in which the real property is situated, or in an adjoining county, if there is no newspaper published in such county. The notice is sufficient for all the purposes of such lease or sale if the real property is described sufficiently to identify it. The cost of publication shall be a charge against the proceeds of the lease or sale, or, if the lease or sale is not consummated, such cost shall
be a legal charge against the appropriation for official advertising.
If the value of the property to be sold does not appear to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in the determination of the Controller, notice of sale thereof may be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6061.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1374. Section 1374.
The Controller may reject any and all bids made at sales or public auctions held under the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1375. Section 1375.
Any real property may be sold or leased by the Controller at private sale without published notice.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1376. Section 1376.
Upon receipt of the proceeds of any sale made pursuant to this chapter, the Controller shall execute, in the name and on behalf of the State of California, a deed covering the real property, and a bill of sale covering the personal property, sold. He may execute leases for real or personal property in the name and on behalf of the State of California.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1377. Section 1377.
The Controller shall not enter into any transaction which shall create or impose upon the owners, heirs, devisees, legatees, or other claimants of the property involved, any obligation under an executory contract, the performance of which is not already an obligation of such owners, heirs, devisees, legatees, or other claimants prior to the consummation of the transactions authorized by this chapter.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1378. Section 1378.
No suit shall be maintained by any person against the State or any officer thereof, for or on account of any transaction entered into by the Controller pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1379. Section 1379.
The Controller may destroy or otherwise dispose of any personal property other than cash deposited in the State Treasury under this title, if that property is determined by him or her to be valueless or of such little value that the costs of conducting a sale would probably exceed the amount that would be realized from the sale, and neither the Treasurer nor Controller shall be held to respond in damages at the suit of any
person claiming loss by reason of that destruction or disposition.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1380. Section 1380.
All sales, exchanges, or other transactions entered into by the Controller pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the provisions of Section 11009 of the Government Code.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1381. Section 1381.
All sales, leases or other transactions entered into by the Controller pursuant to this chapter shall be conclusive against everyone, except a purchaser or encumbrancer who in good faith and for a valuable consideration acquires a title or interest by an instrument in writing that is first duly recorded.
Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 1382. Section 1382.
Any provision of this article which authorizes the Controller to sell real property applies to any real property distributed or escheated to, or the title to which has vested in, the State of California by court order or decree of distribution, if such real property is held in the name of the Unclaimed Property Fund under the provision of this title, whether or not such real property has permanently escheated to the State.
This section does not apply to the disposition of tax-deeded lands under Chapter 7, 8 or 9 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
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