SALARY WARRANTS - UNDELIVERED SALARY WARRANTS - 8580.5

All salary warrants not picked up/delivered to employees within five days of receipt must be returned to the office within the agency/department responsible for distributing salary warrants. A written record of all undelivered warrants will be maintained and a copy given to the human resources office.

Warrants not delivered within 90 calendar days of receipt must be deposited by the agency/department and remitted to an escheat revenue account in the original fund that provided the resources to the State Payroll Revolving Fund. Agencies/departments will maintain a record of all amounts credited to and disbursed from the escheat revenue accounts to keep track of amounts owed to payees. See SAM section 8281.

Request for Payment from Escheat Revenue Account for Salary Warrants

Employees can claim their unclaimed salaries from the agency/department within two years of the date the warrant was credited to the escheat revenue account, and the agency/department will initiate the process by creating a claim against an escheat revenue account. See Government Code section 17096.1.

• For those amounts credited in the current fiscal year, the claim shall be filed against the current year escheat revenue account.
• For those amounts credited in a prior fiscal year, the claim shall be filed against the prior year escheat revenue account.
• The State Controller's Office will process the claims regardless of the balances in the escheat revenue accounts.