Section 17203

Citation: Section 17203
Parent Document: Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc., 999 P.2d 718 (2000)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2000-06-05
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1159700/kraus-v-trinity-management-serv... ↗

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The Powers court relied also on Parkmerced, supra, 198 Cal.App.3d 683, 244 Cal.Rptr. 22, where the court had affirmed a trial court judgment ordering defendant to refund security deposits to former tenants and to pay the refunds owed to tenants who could not be located to a residents' association. That court found authority for the order in Code of Civil Procedure section 1519.5. That section, an escheat provision of the Unclaimed Property Law, provides for escheat to the state of any sums held by a business association that have been ordered refunded but remain unclaimed by the owner after one year. It also provides that nothing in the section should be construed "to change the authority of a court or administrative agency to order equitable remedies." (Code Civ. Proc., § 1519.5.) The Court of Appeal read the latter provision with sections 17200 and 17203 as a grant of equitable power to remedy unlawful business practices by means other than escheat of unclaimed property to the state. (Parkmerced, supra, 198 Cal. App.3d at p. 693, 244 Cal.Rptr. 22.)

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