California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §11154: The applicant or recipient may retain as a reserve for future contingencies any combination of personal or real property not to exceed a total value of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200), or, i

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The applicant or recipient may retain as a reserve for future contingencies any combination of personal or real property not to exceed a total value of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200), or, in case of a married couple both receiving public assistance, two thousand dollars ($2,000). Any real property held as such reserve shall be valued at its net appraised market value.

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