§ 16507 State Officer Bank Deposit Immunity

• •If a state officer puts an inmate's money in a bank and the bank fails, the officer isn't responsible for the lost money.
• •This only applies if the officer was allowed or required by law to handle the inmate's money.
• •The officer must have acted in good faith and followed the law when depositing the money.

A prison officer puts money from an inmate's account into a local bank, following all the rules. Later, the bank goes out of business, and the inmate's money is lost.

The officer isn't in trouble or responsible for paying back the lost money because they followed the law and acted honestly.