Government Code section 37355

If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise do not prescribe or limit the uses to which the property received or the income or increase from it may be put, it may be put to such uses as the legislative body prescribes.

Source: Section 37355, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=37355. (updated Jan. 1, 1949; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Last Updated

Jan. 1, 1949

§ 37355’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_37355

Original Source: Section 37355, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=37355. (last accessed May 12, 2025).