California Code
DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS
PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS

CHAPTER 1 - District Attorney

ARTICLE 1 - Duties as Public Prosecutor

Section 26500. - 26500. The district attorney is the public prosecutor, except as...

Section 26500.5. - 26500.5. The district attorney may sponsor, supervise, or participate in...

Section 26501. - 26501. The district attorney shall institute proceedings before magistrates for...

Section 26502. - 26502. The district attorney shall draw all indictments and informations....

Section 26503. - 26503. The district attorney shall deliver receipts for money or...

Section 26504. - 26504. On the first Monday of each month, or at...

Section 26505. - 26505. If the district attorney refuses or neglects to so...

Section 26506. - 26506. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the proceeds of...

Section 26507. - 26507. A district attorney, city attorney, or any combination thereof,...

Section 26508. - 26508. A district attorney, with the concurrence of the district...

Section 26509. - 26509. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any...

ARTICLE 2 - Other Duties

Section 26520. - 26520. The district attorney shall render legal services to the...

Section 26520.5. - 26520.5. The district attorney or county counsel may, with the...

Section 26521. - 26521. The district attorney shall defend all suits brought against...

Section 26522. - 26522. Upon request of any board of education, board of...

Section 26523. - 26523. Upon request of the auditor or treasurer, the district...

Section 26524. - 26524. Upon request of any judge of the superior or...

Section 26525. - 26525. If the board of supervisors without authority of law...

Section 26526. - 26526. The county counsel, or if none the district attorney,...

Section 26527. - 26527. The district attorney except for his own services shall...

Section 26528. - 26528. The district attorney may, and when directed by the...

Section 26528.5. - 26528.5. The board of supervisors of any county may authorize...

Section 26529. - 26529. (a) In counties that have a county counsel, the...

Section 26530. - 26530. Unless otherwise designated by the board of supervisors pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Restrictions

Section 26540. - 26540. A district attorney shall not during his incumbency defend...

Section 26541. - 26541. A district attorney shall not during his incumbency defend...

Section 26542. - 26542. If the office of district attorney is vacant the...

Section 26543. - 26543. A district attorney or county counsel shall not during...

CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff

ARTICLE 1 - Duties

Section 26600. - 26600. The sheriff shall preserve peace, and to accomplish this...

Section 26601. - 26601. The sheriff shall arrest and take before the nearest...

Section 26602. - 26602. The sheriff shall prevent and suppress any affrays, breaches...

Section 26604. - 26604. The sheriff shall command the aid of as many...

Section 26605. - 26605. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in counties...

Section 26605.1. - 26605.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no deputy sheriff...

Section 26605.5. - 26605.5. (a) The sheriff has the authority, after conferring with...

Section 26605.6. - 26605.6. (a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, has...

Section 26605.7. - 26605.7. (a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, after...

Section 26605.8. - 26605.8. Before implementing Sections 26605.6 and 26605.7, the county board...

Section 26607. - 26607. The sheriff shall endorse upon all process and notices...

Section 26608. - 26608. The sheriff shall serve all process and notices in...

Section 26608.1. - 26608.1. The sheriff, when serving any process or notice, shall,...

Section 26608.2. - 26608.2. Whenever a county or city and county owns land...

Section 26608.3. - 26608.3. (a) In Shasta County, the board of supervisors by...

Section 26609. - 26609. The sheriff shall certify upon process or notices the...

Section 26610. - 26610. The sheriff of any county which maintains a jail...

Section 26611. - 26611. The sheriff in attendance upon court shall act as...

Section 26612. - 26612. The sheriff may supply ambulance service within the county...

Section 26613. - 26613. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29601 the board of...

Section 26614. - 26614. The board of supervisors of a county may authorize...

Section 26614.5. - 26614.5. The county or city and county of residence of...

Section 26614.6. - 26614.6. (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of...

Section 26614.7. - 26614.7. (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of...

Section 26615. - 26615. The sheriff shall maintain, or cause to be maintained,...

Section 26616. - 26616. Upon the application of a licensee under the Private...

ARTICLE 1.1 - Sheriff as Ex Officio Director of Emergency Services

Section 26620. - 26620. The office of county director of emergency services shall...

Section 26621. - 26621. The county director of emergency services shall have the...

Section 26622. - 26622. The provisions of this article shall become operative in...

Section 26623. - 26623. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

Section 26624. - 26624. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

ARTICLE 1.2 - Court Security in Contra Costa County

Section 26625.2. - 26625.2. There is a court security bureau within the Contra...

Section 26625.3. - 26625.3. There is a Court Security Oversight Committee consisting of...

Section 26625.4. - 26625.4. (a) The sheriff shall be the appointing authority for...

Section 26625.6. - 26625.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sheriff...

Section 26625.7. - 26625.7. An employee of the sheriff’s office who desires to...

Section 26625.9. - 26625.9. All sworn permanent employees assigned to the court security...

ARTICLE 1.8 - Court Security in Los Angeles County

Section 26639.2. - 26639.2. The courtroom assignment of bailiffs in the Los Angeles...

ARTICLE 2 - Prisoners Property

Section 26640. - 26640. The sheriff shall take charge of, safely keep, and...

Section 26641. - 26641. When any prisoner is removed to a state hospital...

Section 26642. - 26642. The sheriff shall pay into the general fund for...

Section 26643. - 26643. When any prisoner dies or loses the legal capacity...

Section 26644. - 26644. Any money and valuables of a prisoner and the...

Section 26645. - 26645. For failure to comply with this article, the sheriff...

Section 26646. - 26646. The sheriff, with the approval of the county auditor,...

ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices

Section 26660. - 26660. As used in this title: (a) “Process” includes all...

Section 26661. - 26661. When process or notices are returnable to another county...

Section 26662. - 26662. The return of the sheriff upon process or notices...

Section 26663. - 26663. Any sheriff who does not return a process or...

Section 26664. - 26664. Any sheriff who neglects or refuses to perform the...

Section 26665. - 26665. All writs, notices, or other process issued by superior...

Section 26666. - 26666. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a marshal or sheriff,...

Section 26666.2. - 26666.2. Except for the following criteria, a marshal or sheriff,...

Section 26666.5. - 26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or...

Section 26666.5. - 26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or...

Section 26666.10. - 26666.10. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the Judicial...

ARTICLE 4 - Liability

Section 26680. - 26680. If on demand the sheriff neglects or refuses to...

Section 26685. - 26685. Whenever any action is brought against any sheriff, all...

ARTICLE 5 - Badges

Section 26690. - 26690. The board of supervisors shall furnish the sheriff and...

ARTICLE 7 - Fees

Section 26720. - 26720. For services performed by them sheriffs shall charge and...

Section 26720.5. - 26720.5. Notwithstanding Section 26720, fees otherwise payable by a litigant...

Section 26720.9. - 26720.9. Notwithstanding any other law, the amounts set forth in...

Section 26721. - 26721. Except as provided in this article, the fee for...

Section 26721.1. - 26721.1. In an action for unlawful detainer, the fee for...

Section 26721.2. - 26721.2. (a) For any action commenced in the superior court,...

Section 26722. - 26722. The fee for serving, executing, or processing any writ...

Section 26723. - 26723. The fee for opening a safe-deposit box pursuant to...

Section 26725. - 26725. The fee for serving, executing, or processing a writ...

Section 26725.1. - 26725.1. The fee for serving or posting any additionally required...

Section 26726. - 26726. (a) The fee for keeping and caring for property...

Section 26727. - 26727. The fee for a copy of any writ, process,...

Section 26728. - 26728. The fee for preparing and posting the initial notice...

Section 26728.1. - 26728.1. The fee for preparing and posting additionally required notices...

Section 26729. - 26729. The fee for furnishing a notice for publication is...

Section 26730. - 26730. The fee for conducting or postponing the sale of...

Section 26731. - 26731. (a) Eighteen dollars ($18) of any fee collected by...

Section 26732. - 26732. The fee for publication of a notice in a...

Section 26733.5. - 26733.5. The fee for serving a writ of possession of...

Section 26734. - 26734. The fee for making a levy on personal property...

Section 26736. - 26736. The fee for cancellation of the service or execution...

Section 26738. - 26738. The fee for making a not-found return on an...

Section 26740. - 26740. The fee for the execution and delivery of a...

Section 26741. - 26741. The fee for executing and delivering a certificate or...

Section 26742. - 26742. The fee for executing and delivering any other instrument...

Section 26743. - 26743. The fee for subpoenaing a witness, including a copy...

Section 26744. - 26744. The fee for serving or executing a bench warrant...

Section 26744.5. - 26744.5. (a) The fees for processing a warrant issued pursuant...

Section 26745. - 26745. The fee for summoning a trial jury of 12...

Section 26746. - 26746. (a) In addition to any other fees required by...

Section 26746.1. - 26746.1. (a) A twenty-dollar ($20) fee shall be assessed by...

Section 26747. - 26747. For transporting prisoners to the county jail, the sheriff...

Section 26748. - 26748. In addition to the fees provided by this article,...

Section 26749. - 26749. The sheriff shall receive expenses necessarily incurred in conveying...

Section 26750. - 26750. (a) The fee for serving an earnings withholding order...

Section 26751. - 26751. After possession is taken of any vehicle by or...

ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners

Section 26775. - 26775. The boards of supervisors of two or more counties...

Section 26776. - 26776. The contract may provide, with respect to any situation...

Section 26777. - 26777. In any case in which a sheriff, acting pursuant...

Section 26778. - 26778. A contract entered into under this article shall provide...

CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk

ARTICLE 1 - Duties

Section 26801. - 26801. Except as otherwise provided by law, the county clerk...

Section 26802. - 26802. Except as provided by law, the county clerk shall...

Section 26802.5. - 26802.5. In the Counties of El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Lake,...

Section 26803. - 26803. He shall take charge of and safely keep, or...

Section 26803.5. - 26803.5. Each regulation and order of repeal of a regulation...

Section 26805. - 26805. The clerk must keep a calendar of all criminal...

Section 26806. - 26806. (a) In counties having a population of 900,000 or...

Section 26807. - 26807. The county clerk shall keep an official seal of...

Section 26808. - 26808. The county clerk shall distribute to persons applying for...

Section 26809. - 26809. Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention...

Section 26810. - 26810. (a) The clerk of the superior court may cause...

ARTICLE 2 - Fees

Section 26820. - 26820. The county clerk shall charge and collect the fees...

Section 26831. - 26831. The county clerk may charge a reasonable fee to...

Section 26833. - 26833. The fee for certifying to a copy of any...

Section 26836. - 26836. For every certificate the fee for which is not...

Section 26837. - 26837. For comparing with the original on file in the...

Section 26839. - 26839. For an exemplification of a record or other paper...

Section 26840. - 26840. The fee for issuing a marriage license is ten...

Section 26840.1. - 26840.1. (a) The fee for filing a marriage certificate pursuant...

Section 26840.2. - 26840.2. Whenever the board of supervisors of a county makes...

Section 26840.3. - 26840.3. (a) For the support of the family conciliation court...

Section 26840.7. - 26840.7. In addition to the fee prescribed by Section 26840...

Section 26840.8. - 26840.8. In addition to the fee prescribed by Section 26840.1...

Section 26840.10. - 26840.10. (a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors, upon making...

Section 26840.11. - 26840.11. (a) The Solano County Board of Supervisors, upon making...

Section 26847. - 26847. The fee for making a record of a certificate...

Section 26849.1. - 26849.1. The fee for filing, canceling, revoking, or withdrawing the...

Section 26850. - 26850. For filing and indexing all papers for which a...

Section 26851. - 26851. For either recording or registering any license or certificate...

Section 26852. - 26852. The fee for each certificate to the official capacity...

Section 26853. - 26853. The fee for taking an affidavit, except in criminal...

Section 26854. - 26854. The fee for searching records or files is five...

Section 26855. - 26855. The fee for taking acknowledgment of any deed or...

Section 26855.1. - 26855.1. The fee for filing a power of attorney for...

Section 26855.2. - 26855.2. The fee for filing a financial statement of an...

Section 26855.3. - 26855.3. The fee for issuing a certificate pursuant to Section...

Section 26857. - 26857. No fee shall be charged by the clerk for...

Section 26858. - 26858. No fees or other compensation shall be charged by...

Section 26861. - 26861. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) may be charged...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Controller

Section 26880. - 26880. The board of supervisors may create the office of...

Section 26881. - 26881. The county auditor, or in counties that have the...

Section 26882. - 26882. In addition to the accounts required by law the...

Section 26883. - 26883. In addition to the power now possessed by the...

Section 26884. - 26884. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

Section 26885. - 26885. The provisions of this chapter shall become operative only...

Section 26886. - 26886. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

CHAPTER 4 - Auditor

ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

Section 26900. - 26900. The auditor shall examine and settle the accounts of...

Section 26901. - 26901. The county auditor may require any person or officer...

Section 26902. - 26902. “Money payable into the county treasury,” as used in...

Section 26903. - 26903. Whenever money or credits, or evidences thereof, are transmitted...

Section 26904. - 26904. The auditor shall keep accounts current with the treasurer,...

Section 26905. - 26905. Not later than the last day of each month,...

Section 26906. - 26906. Any money other than taxes erroneously paid into the...

Section 26906.1. - 26906.1. The county auditor, with the approval of the board...

Section 26907. - 26907. (a) Notwithstanding Section 26201, 26202, or 26205, the auditor...

Section 26907.1. - 26907.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 26201, 26202, and 26205...

Section 26907.2. - 26907.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 26201, 26202, and 26205...

Section 26908. - 26908. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4104.3 and 4104.5 of...

Section 26908.5. - 26908.5. (a) As used in this section “auditor” includes an...

Section 26909. - 26909. (a) (1) The county auditor shall either make or...

Section 26909. - 26909. (a) (1) The county auditor shall either make or...

Section 26910. - 26910. The auditor may at any reasonable time and place...

Section 26911. - 26911. Whenever a special district has elected to have its...

Section 26912. - 26912. (a) For the purposes of this section, a local...

Section 26912.1. - 26912.1. (a) For the 1978–79 fiscal year only, an amount...

Section 26912.2. - 26912.2. Notwithstanding Section 26912, no allocation of property taxes levied...

Section 26912.7. - 26912.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes...

Section 26913. - 26913. If the governing body of a local agency notifies...

Section 26914. - 26914. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26912, in any county...

ARTICLE 2 - Counting Money in County Treasury

Section 26920. - 26920. (a) At least once in each quarter, the county...

Section 26922. - 26922. The auditor shall file a copy of the quarterly...

ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications for Office

Section 26945. - 26945. No person shall hereafter be elected or appointed to...

Section 26945.1. - 26945.1. (a) Any person serving in the capacity of county...

Section 26946. - 26946. The provisions of this article shall become effective in...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Director of Finance

Section 26970. - 26970. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009, at any general...

Section 26971. - 26971. If a majority of the voters voting on the...

Section 26972. - 26972. The county director of finance shall have all of...

CHAPTER 4.6 - Consolidated Office of Director of Finance

Section 26980. - 26980. The board of supervisors of any county may establish...

Section 26981. - 26981. The office of director of finance shall be consolidated...

Section 26982. - 26982. The consolidation of the office of director of finance...

Section 26983. - 26983. The board of supervisors of every county having the...

Section 26990. - 26990. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the...

CHAPTER 5 - County Treasurer

ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

Section 27000. - 27000. The county treasurer shall receive and keep safely all...

Section 27000.1. - 27000.1. Subject to Section 53607, the board of supervisors may,...

Section 27000.3. - 27000.3. (a) With regard to county funds deposited in the...

Section 27000.5. - 27000.5. When investing, reinvesting, purchasing, acquiring, exchanging, selling, or managing...

Section 27000.6. - 27000.6. The provisions of Sections 27000.7, 27000.8, and 27000.9 shall...

Section 27000.7. - 27000.7. (a) No person shall be eligible for election or...

Section 27000.8. - 27000.8. Any duly elected county treasurer, county tax collector, or...

Section 27000.9. - 27000.9. Notwithstanding any other requirement of law, any duly appointed...

Section 27001. - 27001. The treasurer shall file and keep the certificates of...

Section 27002. - 27002. The treasurer shall keep an account of the receipt...

Section 27002.1. - 27002.1. (a) The treasurer may, in lieu of entering in...

Section 27003. - 27003. The treasurer shall keep his or her books or...

Section 27005. - 27005. The treasurer shall disburse the county money and all...

Section 27006. - 27006. The treasurer shall disburse the money in the treasury...

Section 27007. - 27007. The treasurer shall keep all money belonging to the...

Section 27008. - 27008. (a) The treasurer shall not receive money into the...

Section 27009. - 27009. The treasurer shall give a receipt to each person...

Section 27010. - 27010. The treasurer may receive any money constituting gift, bequest,...

Section 27011. - 27011. Any county officer who knowingly accepts or allows any...

Section 27012. - 27012. The Controller may summon county treasurers or the authorized...

Section 27013. - 27013. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any treasurer, or...

ARTICLE 2 - Statements and Reports

Section 27061. - 27061. The treasurer shall settle their accounts relating to the...

ARTICLE 3 - Funds and Accounts

Section 27080. - 27080. Any officer required to pay into the county treasury...

Section 27080.1. - 27080.1. Where the county treasurer has entered into a contract...

Section 27081. - 27081. The clerk of the court may deposit in the...

Section 27082. - 27082. Upon receiving from the coroner money found on a...

ARTICLE 4 - Inspection of Books

Section 27100. - 27100. The books, accounts, and vouchers of the treasurer, including...

Section 27100.1. - 27100.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any public...

Section 27101. - 27101. The treasurer shall permit the chairman of the board...

ARTICLE 5 - Vacancy

Section 27120. - 27120. Whenever an action based upon official misconduct is commenced...

Section 27121. - 27121. In case of the death of the county treasurer,...

ARTICLE 6 - County Treasury Oversight Committees

Section 27130. - 27130. The Legislature finds and declares that local agencies, including...

Section 27131. - 27131. (a) The board of supervisors in each county or...

Section 27132. - 27132. The county treasury oversight committee, pursuant to Section 27131,...

Section 27132.1. - 27132.1. A member may not be employed by an entity...

Section 27132.2. - 27132.2. A member may not directly or indirectly raise money...

Section 27132.3. - 27132.3. A member may not secure employment with, or be...

Section 27132.4. - 27132.4. Committee meetings shall be open to the public and...

Section 27133. - 27133. In any county that establishes a county treasury oversight...

Section 27134. - 27134. The county treasury oversight committee shall cause an annual...

Section 27135. - 27135. The costs of complying with this article shall be...

Section 27136. - 27136. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any local...

Section 27137. - 27137. Nothing in this article shall be construed to allow...

CHAPTER 6 - Recorder

ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

Section 27201. - 27201. (a) (1) (A) The recorder shall, upon payment of...

Section 27201.5. - 27201.5. (a) A notary acknowledgment shall be deemed complete for...

Section 27202. - 27202. Upon the request of any officer of the United...

Section 27203. - 27203. Any recorder to whom an instrument proved or acknowledged...

Section 27203.5. - 27203.5. If the recorder willfully and maliciously commits any of...

Section 27204. - 27204. Any person who receives a form from the recorder...

Section 27205. - 27205. After two years from the date of filing in...

Section 27206. - 27206. The county recorder may destroy federal tax liens together...

Section 27207. - 27207. At the request of the county recorder, the board...

Section 27208. - 27208. If a paper or document has been microfilmed, the...

Section 27210. - 27210. The county recorder may use a printed, stamped or...

Section 27211. - 27211. The recorder shall keep an official seal of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Books

Section 27230. - 27230. The recorder shall procure any books for records as...

Section 27231. - 27231. The recorder has the custody of, and shall keep...

Section 27232. - 27232. The recorder shall keep an index of deeds, grants,...

Section 27233. - 27233. The recorder shall keep an index of deeds, labeled...

Section 27234. - 27234. The recorder shall keep two indices of mortgages, labeled...

Section 27235. - 27235. The recorder shall keep two indices of mortgages, labeled...

Section 27236. - 27236. The recorder shall keep two indices of releases of...

Section 27237. - 27237. The recorder shall keep two indices of releases of...

Section 27238. - 27238. The recorder shall keep an index of powers of...

Section 27239. - 27239. The recorder shall keep an index of leases, labeled:...

Section 27240. - 27240. The recorder shall keep an index of leases, labeled:...

Section 27243. - 27243. The recorder shall keep an index of assignments of...

Section 27244. - 27244. The recorder shall keep an index of assignments of...

Section 27246. - 27246. The recorder shall keep an index of official bonds,...

Section 27247. - 27247. The recorder shall keep an index of notices of...

Section 27248. - 27248. (a) The recorder shall keep an index to abstracts...

Section 27249. - 27249. The recorder shall keep an index of attachments, labeled:...

Section 27250. - 27250. The recorder shall keep an index of notices of...

Section 27252. - 27252. The recorder shall keep an index to the certificates...

Section 27254. - 27254. The recorder shall keep an index of mining locations...

Section 27255. - 27255. (a) The county recorder in each county shall develop...

Section 27256. - 27256. The recorder shall keep such other indices as are...

Section 27257. - 27257. Instead of those indices indicated in this division, the...

Section 27263. - 27263. When a conveyance is executed by a sheriff or...

Section 27264. - 27264. The recorder shall provide a separate book called “Record...

Section 27265. - 27265. Where indexes are compiled by the use of key...

ARTICLE 3 - Documents to be Recorded

Section 27279. - 27279. (a) “Instrument,” as used in this chapter, means a...

Section 27279.1. - 27279.1. (a) The recorders of San Bernardino County and Orange...

Section 27279.2. - 27279.2. For purposes of Section 27279.1, the requester and addressee...

Section 27279.3. - 27279.3. (a) A requester and addressee for delivery of a...

Section 27279.4. - 27279.4. (a) The California Attorney General shall appoint an Electronic...

Section 27280. - 27280. (a) Any instrument or judgment affecting the title to...

Section 27280.5. - 27280.5. The names of parties required to be indexed appearing...

Section 27281. - 27281. (a) Deeds or grants conveying any interest in or...

Section 27281.5. - 27281.5. (a) Any restriction imposed upon real property on or...

Section 27282. - 27282. (a) The following documents may be recorded without acknowledgment,...

Section 27283. - 27283. The record of all notices of location of mining...

Section 27284. - 27284. Affidavits showing work or posting of notices upon mining...

Section 27285. - 27285. The following documents may be recorded without acknowledgment or...

Section 27286. - 27286. If letters patent have been lost or are beyond...

Section 27287. - 27287. Unless it belongs to the class provided for in...

Section 27288. - 27288. If the instrument is an agreement for sale, lease,...

Section 27288.1. - 27288.1. All documents described in this section now or hereafter...

Section 27288.2. - 27288.2. Pursuant to Section 5029 of the Public Resources Code,...

Section 27289. - 27289. Whenever a notice is required by law to be...

Section 27290. - 27290. An instrument proved and certified pursuant to Sections 1198...

Section 27291. - 27291. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 5 (commencing with...

Section 27293. - 27293. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b),...

Section 27294. - 27294. In all cases the recorder shall endorse the amount...

Section 27295. - 27295. Where real property acquired by a municipality or a...

Section 27296. - 27296. (a) The county recorder in each county shall complete...

Section 27297. - 27297. For purposes of this article, a certificate describing real...

Section 27297.5. - 27297.5. (a) Upon recordation of an abstract of judgment or...

Section 27297.6. - 27297.6. (a) (1) Following adoption of an authorizing resolution by...

Section 27297.6. - 27297.6. (a) Following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by...

Section 27297.7. - 27297.7. (a) Following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program

Section 27300. - 27300. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 27301. - 27301. (a) The county recorder of each county shall establish...

Section 27302. - 27302. (a) A county recorder shall be deemed to be...

Section 27303. - 27303. When a public record version of an official record...

Section 27303.5. - 27303.5. Notwithstanding Section 27303, a county recorder may provide a...

Section 27304. - 27304. (a) Each county may use funds generated by fees...

Section 27305. - 27305. (a) To assist the Legislature in monitoring the progress...

Section 27307. - 27307. A county recorder is authorized to take all actions...

ARTICLE 4 - Recording

Section 27320. - 27320. When any instrument, paper, or notice authorized by law...

Section 27321. - 27321. (a) The recorder shall endorse upon each instrument, paper,...

Section 27321.5. - 27321.5. Before acceptance for recording, in addition to the address...

Section 27322. - 27322. The recorder shall record by legible handwriting, by typewriting,...

Section 27322.1. - 27322.1. The words “file for record” when used as a...

Section 27322.2. - 27322.2. A system of microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by...

Section 27322.3. - 27322.3. If the recorded instruments, papers, or notices or the...

Section 27322.4. - 27322.4. The county recorder may cause any or all files...

Section 27323. - 27323. The recorder may segregate the instruments, papers, and notices...

Section 27324. - 27324. Each instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation shall...

Section 27325. - 27325. If any instrument, paper, or notice is presented and...

Section 27326. - 27326. The recorder shall file and record in the record...

Section 27327. - 27327. Any instrument, paper, or notice filed for record in...

Section 27328. - 27328. Any instrument which is filed for record with the...

Section 27329. - 27329. (a) If any record of an instrument, paper, or...

Section 27330. - 27330. On or before January 1, 1968, notices of liens...

Section 27331. - 27331. An order affecting title to or possession of real...

Section 27333. - 27333. All conveyances of real estate, except patents issued by...

Section 27334. - 27334. If the name of the person in whom title...

Section 27335. - 27335. In the recording of instruments of writing required or...

Section 27336. - 27336. County recorders shall accept form books or blanks from...

Section 27337. - 27337. (a) If any military veteran or any person authorized...

Section 27338. - 27338. A deed, instrument, or other document related to a...

ARTICLE 5 - Fees

Section 27360. - 27360. For services performed by the recorder’s office, the county...

Section 27360.5. - 27360.5. As used in this code, the word “folio” means...

Section 27361. - 27361. (a) The fee for recording and indexing every instrument,...

Section 27361.1. - 27361.1. Whenever two or more instruments, papers, or notices are...

Section 27361.2. - 27361.2. (a) Whenever any instrument, paper, or notice is recorded...

Section 27361.3. - 27361.3. (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the law, the...

Section 27361.4. - 27361.4. (a) The board of supervisors of any county may...

Section 27361.4. - 27361.4. (a) The board of supervisors of any county may...

Section 27361.5. - 27361.5. (a) As used in Section 27361, a page shall...

Section 27361.6. - 27361.6. Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, all...

Section 27361.7. - 27361.7. Whenever the text of a document presented for record...

Section 27361.8. - 27361.8. (a) Whenever any instrument, paper, or notice is recorded...

Section 27361.9. - 27361.9. The board of supervisors of any county may provide...

Section 27364. - 27364. The fee for each certificate under seal shall be...

Section 27365. - 27365. The fee for any copy of a birth, death,...

Section 27366. - 27366. The fee for any copy of any other record...

Section 27369. - 27369. The fee for searching the records of his office...

Section 27371. - 27371. The fee for recording each map or plat where...

Section 27372. - 27372. The fee for recording or filing and indexing each...

Section 27375. - 27375. The fee for taking an acknowledgment of any instrument...

Section 27379. - 27379. The fee for administering and certifying each oath or...

Section 27380. - 27380. The fee for filing, indexing, and keeping each paper...

Section 27381. - 27381. No charge or fee shall be made for recording,...

Section 27383. - 27383. No fee shall be charged by the recorder for...

Section 27387. - 27387. In addition to any other fee, the county recorder...

Section 27387.1. - 27387.1. (a) In addition to any other recording fee, the...

Section 27387.1. - 27387.1. (a) In addition to any other recording fee, the...

Section 27388. - 27388. (a) (1) In addition to any other recording fees...

Section 27388.1. - 27388.1. (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2018, and except as...

Section 27388.2. - 27388.2. (a) In addition to all other fees authorized by...

ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004

Section 27390. - 27390. (a) This article shall be known and may be...

Section 27391. - 27391. (a) Upon approval by resolution of the board of...

Section 27391. - 27391. (a) Upon approval by resolution of the board of...

Section 27392. - 27392. (a) No electronic recording delivery system may become operational...

Section 27393. - 27393. (a) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with interested...

Section 27393. - 27393. (a) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with interested...

Section 27394. - 27394. (a) To be eligible to establish an electronic recording...

Section 27395. - 27395. (a) No person shall be a computer security auditor...

Section 27396. - 27396. (a) The Attorney General shall monitor the security of...

Section 27397. - 27397. (a) A county establishing an electronic recording delivery system...

Section 27397.5. - 27397.5. (a) A county recorder may include in the county’s...

Section 27398. - 27398. (a) The Attorney General shall conduct an evaluation of...

Section 27399. - 27399. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to...

CHAPTER 7 - Tax Collector

Section 27400. - 27400. The tax-collector is ex officio license-collector, and as license-collector...

Section 27401. - 27401. At least once a month the tax collector shall...

CHAPTER 8 - Assessor

Section 27421. - 27421. The county assessor in each county who is designated...

Section 27422. - 27422. The assessor shall not hold the office of tax...

Section 27423. - 27423. (a) On or before May 1, 1977, the assessor...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian

Section 27430. - 27430. (a) In any county the board of supervisors may...

Section 27431. - 27431. (a) The board of supervisors may appoint a public...

Section 27432. - 27432. (a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance designate...

Section 27433. - 27433. The authority of the public guardian or ex officio...

Section 27434. - 27434. The public guardian shall give an official bond in...

Section 27435. - 27435. (a) Necessary expenses of the public guardian in the...

Section 27436. - 27436. The board of supervisors may designate who shall be...

CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator

Section 27440. - 27440. If the public administrator fails to qualify or fails...

Section 27441. - 27441. The public administrator shall charge and collect such fees...

Section 27442. - 27442. If the public administrator is salaried and all fees...

Section 27443. - 27443. Every person holding the office of public administrator, public...

Section 27443.5. - 27443.5. Employees in the office of public administrator, public guardian,...

Section 27444. - 27444. The authority of the public administrator ceases upon termination...

CHAPTER 10 - Coroner

ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

Section 27460. - 27460. If an inquest is held by the coroner and...

Section 27461. - 27461. In order to inter decently the body of the...

Section 27462. - 27462. The coroner shall file with the clerk of the...

Section 27463. - 27463. The coroner shall keep an official register, labeled “Coroner’s...

Section 27463.5. - 27463.5. In lieu of the “coroner’s register,” the coroner may...

Section 27464. - 27464. Whenever the death of any person shall have been...

Section 27465. - 27465. Within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead...

Section 27466. - 27466. If, within 90 days after the inquest, no legal...

Section 27467. - 27467. If the coroner fails to deliver to the treasurer...

Section 27468. - 27468. If within 90 days after an inquest upon a...

Section 27469. - 27469. In any action or proceeding in which the sheriff...

Section 27470. - 27470. If no private ambulance service other than that operated...

Section 27470.5. - 27470.5. Any county with a population under 250,000 that has...

Section 27471. - 27471. (a) Whenever the coroner takes custody of a dead...

Section 27472. - 27472. If authorized by the county board of supervisors by...

Section 27473. - 27473. In coroners’ cases, interpreters’ and translators’ fees or other...

ARTICLE 2 - Inquests

Section 27490. - 27490. The coroner shall hold inquests pursuant to this article....

Section 27491. - 27491. It shall be the duty of the coroner to...

Section 27491.1. - 27491.1. In all cases in which a person has died...

Section 27491.2. - 27491.2. (a) The coroner or the coroner’s appointed deputy, on...

Section 27491.25. - 27491.25. (a) The coroner or medical examiner, or their appointed...

Section 27491.3. - 27491.3. (a) In any death into which the coroner is...

Section 27491.4. - 27491.4. (a) For purposes of inquiry the coroner shall, within...

Section 27491.41. - 27491.41. (a) For purposes of this section, “sudden infant death...

Section 27491.42. - 27491.42. (a) For purposes of this section, “sudden unexplained death...

Section 27491.43. - 27491.43. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as otherwise...

Section 27491.44. - 27491.44. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the coroner is...

Section 27491.45. - 27491.45. (a) (1) The coroner shall have the right to...

Section 27491.46. - 27491.46. (a) The coroner shall have the right to retain...

Section 27491.47. - 27491.47. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the coroner may, in...

Section 27491.5. - 27491.5. The cause of death appearing on a certificate of...

Section 27491.55. - 27491.55. In any case where a coroner is required to...

Section 27491.6. - 27491.6. The coroner may also, in his discretion, if the...

Section 27491.7. - 27491.7. The coroner, his authorized deputy, or a hearing officer...

Section 27491.8. - 27491.8. (a) When the coroner seeks a confidential communication of...

Section 27492. - 27492. The coroner shall summon, or cause to be summoned...

Section 27493. - 27493. No person summoned is exempt from jury duty except...

Section 27497. - 27497. After the jury has been sworn and charged by...

Section 27498. - 27498. (a) The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable...

Section 27499. - 27499. The coroner shall summon and examine as witnesses every...

Section 27499.1. - 27499.1. Where the names and addresses of possible witnesses have...

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