California Code
PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 12152. - 12152. (a) To assist in the discharge of the duties...

Section 12153. - 12153. The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent person...

ARTICLE 2 - Duties

Section 12159. - 12159. The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record...

Section 12160. - 12160. The Secretary of State is charged with custody of:...

Section 12161. - 12161. The Secretary of State shall attend at every session...

Section 12162. - 12162. The Secretary of State shall keep a register and...

Section 12163. - 12163. The Secretary of State shall receive and record in...

Section 12164. - 12164. The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made...

Section 12165. - 12165. The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the...

Section 12166. - 12166. Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each...

Section 12167. - 12167. Within 60 days after the day on which a...

Section 12168. - 12168. On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to...

Section 12168.5. - 12168.5. (a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law,...

Section 12168.7. - 12168.7. (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt...

Section 12168.7. - 12168.7. (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt...

Section 12169. - 12169. The Secretary of State shall file in the Secretary’s...

Section 12170. - 12170. On or before the 15th day of September in...

Section 12171. - 12171. The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a...

Section 12172. - 12172. The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of...

Section 12172.3. - 12172.3. The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s...

Section 12172.5. - 12172.5. (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections...

Section 12172.6. - 12172.6. Beginning in the year before the federal decennial census...

Section 12172.8. - 12172.8. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 12173. - 12173. (a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a...

Section 12174. - 12174. (a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop,...

Section 12175. - 12175. The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book....

Section 12176. - 12176. (a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by...

Section 12177. - 12177. For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary...

Section 12178. - 12178. No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall...

Section 12178.1. - 12178.1. (a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared...

Section 12179. - 12179. The fee for attesting each patent for land issued...

Section 12179.1. - 12179.1. The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other...

ARTICLE 3 - Business Programs

Section 12180. - 12180. The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and...

Section 12181. - 12181. The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform...

Section 12182. - 12182. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect...

Section 12182.1. - 12182.1. The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an...

Section 12183. - 12183. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the...

Section 12184. - 12184. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect...

Section 12185. - 12185. Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any...

Section 12186. - 12186. The fees for corporate filings are the following: (a)...

Section 12187. - 12187. The general partnership filing fees are the following: (a)...

Section 12188. - 12188. The limited partnership filing fees are the following: (a)...

Section 12189. - 12189. The limited liability partnership filing fees are the following:...

Section 12190. - 12190. The limited liability company filing fees are the following:...

Section 12191. - 12191. The miscellaneous business entity filing fees are the following:...

Section 12192. - 12192. The filing fees for a nonprofit mutual benefit ridesharing...

Section 12193. - 12193. The trademark and service mark fees are the following:...

Section 12194. - 12194. The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code...

Section 12195. - 12195. (a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are...

Section 12197. - 12197. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as...

ARTICLE 4 - State Archives

Section 12220. - 12220. As used in this article, “item” includes but is...

Section 12221. - 12221. The Secretary of State is the custodian of the...

Section 12222. - 12222. The Secretary of State shall maintain and properly equip...

Section 12223. - 12223. The Secretary of State shall receive into the archives...

Section 12223.5. - 12223.5. The Secretary of State shall receive into the State...

Section 12224. - 12224. The Secretary of State may receive into the archives...

Section 12225. - 12225. The Secretary of State may at any time return...

Section 12226. - 12226. With the consent of the Secretary of State, the...

Section 12227. - 12227. The Chief of Archives is responsible for the preservation...

Section 12228. - 12228. The Chief of Archives shall give an appropriate receipt...

Section 12229. - 12229. The Secretary of State may maintain an item in...

Section 12230. - 12230. The Secretary of State shall establish a Document Preservation...

Section 12231. - 12231. In carrying out the provisions of this article, the...

Section 12232. - 12232. The Secretary of State shall utilize the California Historical...

Section 12233. - 12233. The Secretary of State shall conduct under the administration...

Section 12236. - 12236. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Local...

Section 12237. - 12237. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with...

ARTICLE 5 - Roster of Public Officials

Section 12240. - 12240. Whenever an appropriation is made by the Legislature for...

Section 12241. - 12241. The Secretary of State shall cause the roster to...

ARTICLE 6 - Reinstatement of Business Entities

Section 12260. - 12260. For the purposes of this article, “termination document” means...

Section 12261. - 12261. (a) The Secretary of State shall reinstate to active...

Section 12262. - 12262. If the Secretary of State determines that the name...

Section 12263. - 12263. Nothing in this article authorizes a court to order...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Violations of the Public s Right to Know Act

Section 12269. - 12269. The sole remedies for violations of the following provisions...

ARTICLE 7 - State Records Management Act

Section 12270. - 12270. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 12271. - 12271. For the purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 12272. - 12272. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish and administer...

Section 12273. - 12273. Notwithstanding any other law, a record held in the...

Section 12274. - 12274. The head of a state agency shall do all...

Section 12274.5. - 12274.5. A Records Management Coordinator of an agency shall do...

Section 12275. - 12275. (a) A record shall not be destroyed or otherwise...

Section 12276. - 12276. (a) The records of a state agency may be...

Section 12277. - 12277. A person, other than a temporary employee, serving in...

Section 12278. - 12278. All equipment and records in the California State Records...

Section 12279. - 12279. If a record of a state agency has been...