California Code
DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS
PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY

CHAPTER 1 - County Officers

Section 24000. - 24000. The officers of a county are: (a) A district...

Section 24001. - 24001. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 27550.1 and 27641.1...

Section 24001.5. - 24001.5. The office of director of a mutual water district...

Section 24002. - 24002. A person is not eligible to the office of...

Section 24002.5. - 24002.5. (a) A person may not exercise the powers and...

Section 24003. - 24003. The county veterinarian shall at the time of his...

Section 24004. - 24004. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and...

Section 24004.3. - 24004.3. (a) No person is eligible to become a candidate...

Section 24004.5. - 24004.5. Nothing in Section 24004 shall be construed to prohibit...

Section 24005. - 24005. County officers and employees are entitled to a vacation...

Section 24006. - 24006. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appointments may be...

Section 24007. - 24007. If any officer, deputy, assistant, or employee of a...

Section 24008. - 24008. (a) The board of supervisors may appoint a county...

Section 24009. - 24009. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county...

Section 24010. - 24010. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of...

Section 24011. - 24011. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009: (a) The Boards...

Section 24012. - 24012. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009, the Board of...

CHAPTER 2 - Duties

Section 24050. - 24050. Each county officer shall complete the business of his...

Section 24051. - 24051. (a) On or before July 10th in each year,...

Section 24052. - 24052. Whenever notice is required by law to be published...

Section 24054. - 24054. Any officer authorizing, aiding to authorize, auditing, allowing, or...

Section 24055. - 24055. Any clerk or sheriff who receives any fine or...

Section 24056. - 24056. The board of supervisors upon receiving a certified copy...

Section 24057. - 24057. Every county officer and the officer’s deputies may administer...

Section 24058. - 24058. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, but...

CHAPTER 3 - Deputies

Section 24100. - 24100. Whenever the official name of any principal officer is...

Section 24101. - 24101. Every county or district officer, except a supervisor or...

Section 24102. - 24102. (a) An appointee shall not act as deputy until:...

Section 24104. - 24104. A county officer shall not be appointed or act...

Section 24105. - 24105. If the office of any of the county officers...

CHAPTER 4 - Bonds

Section 24150. - 24150. Prior to the primary election immediately preceding the election...

Section 24151. - 24151. Prior to the primary election immediately preceding the election...

Section 24152. - 24152. Before qualifying the tax collector shall give an additional...

Section 24153. - 24153. The board of supervisors shall require that the sheriff...

Section 24154. - 24154. As an alternative or supplementary to the bonds required...

Section 24155. - 24155. When the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to...

Section 24156. - 24156. The board of supervisors of any county may, by...

CHAPTER 5 - Election

Section 24200. - 24200. Except as otherwise provided, all elective county officers shall...

Section 24201. - 24201. All officers elected pursuant to this chapter shall hold...

Section 24202. - 24202. Supervisors shall be elected at the general election prior...

Section 24203. - 24203. Within six months after the first general election succeeding...

Section 24204. - 24204. Whenever any county frames and adopts a charter for...

Section 24205. - 24205. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 24204, or any...

CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours

Section 24250. - 24250. Sheriffs, clerks, recorders, treasurers, and auditors, shall have their...

Section 24250.1. - 24250.1. Sheriffs shall also have offices in each city in...

Section 24252. - 24252. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any...

Section 24253. - 24253. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any...

Section 24254. - 24254. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any...

Section 24254.5. - 24254.5. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in each...

Section 24255. - 24255. All offices required by this chapter shall be provided...

Section 24256. - 24256. Whenever the law specifies that an office or building...

Section 24257. - 24257. In this chapter “transaction of business” means that during...

Section 24258. - 24258. If any officer required by this chapter to have...

Section 24259. - 24259. If the officer has a branch office to which...

Section 24260. - 24260. In all counties county officers shall keep their offices...

Section 24262. - 24262. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no office...

CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices

Section 24300. - 24300. By ordinance the board of supervisors may consolidate the...

Section 24300.5. - 24300.5. In addition to the duties of the county offices...

Section 24301. - 24301. If the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to...

Section 24302. - 24302. When the duties of offices are united and consolidated,...

Section 24303. - 24303. When there is an omission by the board of...

Section 24304. - 24304. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24300, in counties of...

Section 24304.1. - 24304.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24300, in counties of...

Section 24304.2. - 24304.2. Notwithstanding Section 24300, in the Counties of Lake, Mendocino,...

Section 24305. - 24305. When the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to...

Section 24306. - 24306. If the board of supervisors in counties having a...

Section 24306.5. - 24306.5. In any county with a population of over 1,350,000...

Section 24307. - 24307. In any county having a population of 4,000,000 or...

Section 24308. - 24308. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 24300 and 24304, the board of...

CHAPTER 8 - Fees

Section 24350. - 24350. Each salaried officer of a county shall charge and...

Section 24351. - 24351. Unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, each officer...

Section 24351.5. - 24351.5. Upon implementation of the State Disbursement Unit pursuant to...

Section 24352. - 24352. Each officer authorized to receive fees pursuant to this...

Section 24353. - 24353. Each officer of a county authorized to collect money...

Section 24355.2. - 24355.2. In counties using a mechanized management reporting system in...

Section 24356. - 24356. The auditor shall file in his or her office...