California § 1639 - Any documents, letters, or other articles found in a safe-deposit box opened purs

Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 1639 — Any documents, letters, or other articles found in a safe-deposit box opened purs, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1639. Any documents, letters, or other articles found in a safe-deposit box opened purs

Any documents, letters, or other articles found in a safe-deposit box opened pursuant to Section 1632, which in the judgment of at least two officers of the bank have no intrinsic or marketable value, need not be offered for sale. Any documents, letters, and articles and any other contents which have been offered for sale and for which no purchaser has been found, shall be retained by the bank for not less than one year from the date when the box was opened. At any time thereafter, unless sooner delivered to or on the order of the person in whose name the box stood on the records of the bank, the documents, letters, and articles and also those contents which have been offered for sale and for which no purchaser has been found, may be destroyed in the presence of an officer of the bank, but if no notice of intended sale of the contents of the box has been given pursuant to Section 1635, the bank shall mail a notice of its intention to destroy the documents, letters, and articles at least 30 days before the destruction of the same to the person in whose name the box stood on the records of the bank.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

Frequently Asked Questions About California § 1639

What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 1639 cover?

Section 1639 ("Any documents, letters, or other articles found in a safe-deposit box opened purs") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

How do I cite California § 1639?

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Is this the official text of California law?

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