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California Code, Government Code - GOV § 11002

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope containing the remittance or on the date it was mailed if proof satisfactory to the state or state agency establishes that the mailing occurred on an earlier date.

If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified time on a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, and the cancellation mark is placed on the envelope after it is deposited in the mail:

(a) Where the cancellation mark shows both date and time, the remittance shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark and by the time specified by law for that date.

(b) Where the cancellation mark shows only the date, the remittance shall be deemed received within the time and date specified when the cancellation mark bears a date on or before which payment is required.

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