{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-12542","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 12542","heading":"","body":"The Attorney General may employ counsel to act in the Attorney General’s place and stead for the investigation for discovery and the recovery of any such property. In those proceedings counsel so employed have the authority of the Attorney General.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS [12001. - 12790.]","CHAPTER 6. Attorney General [12500. - 12661.]","ARTICLE 3. Escheated Property [12540. - 12544.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d62e535eae93500aeffd907646a08941a65ac6b980d7f02c1c84f7e3aa0ff856","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-12541","next":"us-ca/gov-12543"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}