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The Public Administrator should be notified by anyone who has the knowledge of an estate of a decedent under the following circumstances:
California Government Code section 50050 provides that unclaimed monies, including estates of deceased without known heirs, which remain in the County Treasury for at least three (3) years may be escheated to the County’s general fund after public notice. At the end of the three-year period, unclaimed items over $15 must be published in a newspaper of county-wide circulation as notice that these funds will become property of the County if they remain unclaimed after a specified date, 45 to 60 days after publication. Once the unclaimed item becomes the property of the County, a claim may no longer be submitted.