Justice will order the transfer of unclaimed judicial deposits to the Treasury

The Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts will transfer to the Public Treasury the amounts deposited in the Judicial Deposit and Consignment Accounts listed in the resolution published by the General Directorate for the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service in the Official State Gazette of November 10, 2026 (BOE-B-2026-36724). Beneficiaries have one month from the publication of the announcement to claim before the corresponding judicial body. If they do not do so, the consignments will be declared abandoned in favor of the State and prescribed.

The legal framework: article 14.6 of Royal Decree 467/2006

The measure is adopted to comply with the provisions of article 14.6 of Royal Decree 467/2006, of April 21, which regulates judicial deposits and consignments in cash, effects, or securities. The announcement, signed in Madrid on November 3, 2026, by the director general Verónica Ollé Sesé, expressly warns that after the one-month period without a claim, the declaration of abandonment and the prescription of the amounts will occur.

The resolution occupies section V-B (Other official announcements) of issue number 280 of the gazette and extends over 67 pages, from 59411 to 59477, with several hundred records ordered by judicial body, location, body code, procedure number, date of disposition, beneficiary, and amount.

A one-month deadline and two ways to claim

The claim request must be submitted, as a general rule, to the judicial body in which the deposit was established. The resolution establishes an exception marked with an asterisk:

• The claim is submitted to the corresponding judicial body in most cases.
• When the body is listed with an asterisk (*), the claim must be addressed to the headquarters of the General Directorate for the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service, at San Bernardo, 21, 28015 Madrid.
• Once the month has elapsed without a claim, the consignment is understood to be abandoned and prescribed in favor of the State.

Among the bodies affected by this special route is the Duty Court of Pamplona (Navarra), code 8202, procedure 70-5954-02, with an amount of 25.00 EUR.

Deposits of up to three decades and unidentified beneficiaries

The disposition dates of the consignments span more than two decades: the oldest listed is from April 26, 1995, and the most recent go up to 2006. Some examples illustrate the heterogeneity of the list:

• Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Granadilla de Abona, plaza nº 4 (Santa Cruz de Tenerife): proceeding 14-0335-94, deposited on November 5, 2002, beneficiary unidentified, 13,395.69 EUR.
• Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Valls, plaza nº 1 (Tarragona): proceeding 71-0921-06, deposited on October 11, 2006, beneficiary unidentified, 13,153.16 EUR.
• Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Barbate, plaza nº 2 (Cádiz): proceeding 71-0159-03, deposited on December 17, 2003, beneficiary Francisco Javier Mera Triviño, 5,000.00 EUR.
• Civil Section of the Court of First Instance of Algeciras, plaza nº 2 (Cádiz): proceeding 00-1298-01, beneficiary Francisco Vargas Espinosa, 3,606.07 EUR.
• Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Arenys de Mar, plaza nº 4 (Barcelona): proceeding 17-0327-97, beneficiary BSCH, 3,042.52 EUR.

The list mixes deposits from individuals with significant amounts and residual balances of cents, such as the 0.01 EUR recorded in the name of Hispamer Servicios Financieros or Francisca Moll Real, both in the Civil Section of the Court of First Instance of Palma. Entities and administrations also appear as beneficiaries, including the Guardia Civil, the Mutualidad General Deportiva, Mutua Propietarios, Comercial Salvat Editores, S.A., and the Ajuntament de Pineda, as well as homeowners’ associations identified by their address.

A striking feature is the volume of records in which the beneficiary is listed as “Unidentified”: in these cases, the claim can only succeed if someone proves ownership of the right to the deposit before the deadline expires.

Impact for readers

Publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) is the only provided notification mechanism, so any person, heir, or entity who considers themselves a beneficiary of a judicial deposit has one month from November 10, 2026, to come forward and prevent the money from permanently passing to the Public Treasury; after this period, the claim will be considered untimely and the amount will be understood as lost to its owner.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 280, of November 10, 2026, section V-B (Other official announcements), p. 59411 (official reference: BOE-B-2026-36724).