Section 1639 Of Article 2. Remedies For Nonpayment Of Rent From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 17. >> Article 2.
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. 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.