{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-7278","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 7278","heading":"","body":"The State Department of State Hospitals shall, following the admission of a patient into a state hospital, cause an investigation to be made to determine the moneys, property, or interest in property, if any, the patient has, and whether the patient has a duly appointed and acting guardian to protect their property and their property interests.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100. - 7700.]","CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered [7200. - 7375.]","ARTICLE 4. Property and Support of Patients [7275. - 7296.]"],"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":"49e0d52e5aefee7ceb50738224279842d56da02821f623a19d4c36bf730916b0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-7277.1","next":"us-ca/wic-7279"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}