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§ 3140. Funds Enclosed in Correspondence.

15 CA ADC § 3140Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 15. Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3. Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1. Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 2. Inmate Resources
Article 4. Mail
15 CCR § 3140
§ 3140. Funds Enclosed in Correspondence.
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(a) Funds may be mailed to an inmate in the form of a money order, cashier's check, certified check, personal check, or any other negotiable instrument except cash and traveler's checks.
(1) The personal check, money order, cashier's check, certified check, or any other negotiable instrument shall be made payable to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with the inmate's last name and departmental identification number. This information, along with the sender's name and address, shall be on the face of the negotiable instrument.
(2) Funds from other inmates/parolees shall be only accepted from approved correspondents, pursuant to section 3139, who are members of the same family, or the parent of the inmate's child(ren).
(3) Funds received in the mail shall be removed from the envelope by mailroom staff, and the envelope shall be imprinted with a stamp that reads “Funds Enclosed.” The date, amount, and initials of the person processing the funds shall be recorded on the envelope before it is forwarded to the inmate. The stamped envelope is the inmate's receipt for the funds.
(4) Cash received in incoming mail will be returned to the sender. Mailroom staff shall notify the inmate in writing, informing them that cash was received and will be returned to sender. The envelope containing the cash and two copies of the memo will be forwarded to the Inmate Trust Office to be returned to the sender.
(5) If a personal check, money order, cashier's check, certified check, or any other negotiable instrument is received in the mailroom and it does not contain the sender's name and address on its face, it will be considered contraband per section 3006, and will be disposed of in accordance with section 3191(c). The negotiable instrument will be held in the Trust Office safe for thirty days while the inmate is contacted in regards to the disposition of the contraband, in accordance with section 3191(c).
(6) Mailroom staff shall arrange the day's remittances in numerical order. The remittances shall be listed in sequence on the report of collections. This report shall include each inmate's name, departmental identification number, type of payment, amount, and the total received.
(b) Generally, inmates are not eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks from the Social Security Administration, Veteran Affairs Benefits, or Welfare checks from the California Department of Social Services/County Welfare agencies. Depending upon eligibility, inmates may be allowed to receive tax refund checks.
(1) A facility representative shall be appointed by the Associate Warden, Business Services, to assist outside agencies in determining an inmate's eligibility.
(2) Mailroom staff shall deliver all received SSI, Veteran Affairs Benefits, and/or welfare and/or tax refund checks to the Inmate Trust Office. The Accounting Officer shall notify the facility representative that checks are being held pending determination of eligibility of the inmates to receive the checks. The facility representative shall notify the appropriate agency.
(3) Unauthorized checks shall be returned to the appropriate agency.
(c) When a U.S. Government check is received for an inmate who is deceased or discharged from CDCR, the check and envelope shall be returned to the sending agency with the necessary information shown as to the inmate being deceased or discharged.
(1) If an inmate has been transferred to another facility, the check shall be forwarded including a note requesting the inmate to notify the state or federal agency of their change of address.
(2) Mail received for inmates who have been paroled shall be forwarded to the office of the parole region to which the inmate was released, or if unable to locate the parolee, the check should be returned to the originating state or federal agency.
(d) Funds shall not be released for spending by the inmate for thirty (30) days from the date of deposit into the inmate trust account and must have cleared the bank upon which they were drawn. When any personal check, money order, cashier's check, certified check, or any other negotiable instrument is received, the face of the envelope in which the funds were received shall be imprinted with a stamp indicating the funds have been accepted at this time. This stamp is not intended to indicate that the funds are immediately available for inmate use, but only that the funds were accepted for processing by the department.
(e) No foreign currency shall be accepted. If foreign currency is received, the entire envelope and its contents shall be returned to sender with a pre-printed notice to the sender which states it is unauthorized.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Section 2601, Penal Code.
History
1. Renumbering of former section 3140 to subsection 3139(j) and new section 3140 filed 7-17-2008; operative 7-17-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 29).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 6-27-2011 as an emergency pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3(a)(2); operative 6-27-2011 (Register 2011, No. 26). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3(a)(1), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-5-2011 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 6-27-2011 order, including further amendment of subsection (d), transmitted to OAL 11-21-2011 and filed 1-5-2012 (Register 2012, No. 1).
4. Amendment of subsections (a) and (a)(1), new subsection (a)(5), subsection renumbering and amendment of subsection (d) filed 11-14-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 47).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 15, § 3140, 15 CA ADC § 3140
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