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The one-page receipt a financial institution signs when it receives a court order and funds for a blocked account.
Mandatory form · Revised January 1, 2021 · 1 page · MC-355 · Order to Deposit Funds in Blocked Account
The PDF is the Judicial Council’s own file on courts.ca.gov, revised January 1, 2021. Form page on courts.ca.gov ↗
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MC-356 is signed by someone authorized to act for the depository. It acknowledges receipt of the Order to Deposit Funds in Blocked Account (MC-355), which is attached, and of the funds. It cites Code of Civil Procedure section 372, Probate Code sections 3500 and 3600–3613, and California Rules of Court, rules 3.1384 and 7.953.
When it is used
The signer certifies that the account is an interest-bearing, federally insured blocked account and that no withdrawal of principal or interest will be permitted without a signed, file-stamped court order under the same case name and number.
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Receipt of MC-355 and the funds, and that the account is interest-bearing, federally insured and blocked.
Name and title on the account, the depository, branch and address, account number and date opened.
Initial deposit and current balance.
Date, authorized signature, printed name and title.
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Questions
A person authorized to execute the acknowledgment on behalf of the depository named in item 4.
The certification says no withdrawal of principal or interest will be permitted without a signed, file-stamped order under the case name and number from the court.
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MC-356 form revision: January 1, 2021.