Title GOV — California Gov. Code

If the transaction is a sale, either for cash or after the completion of installment payments, the deed conveys to the municipal water district the full title to the property described.

If an action or proceeding is brought in any court by the city, or any taxpayer or other person on its behalf, or by any person having an interest in the transaction, for the purpose of setting the transfer aside or avoiding it, any judgment setting aside or avoiding the transfer…

By ordinance the city legislative body may declare what constitutes a nuisance.

(a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance resulting from the defacement of the property of another by graffiti or any other inscribed material at the expense of the minor or other person creating, causing,…

The legislative body may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance at the expense of the persons creating, causing, committing, or maintaining it and by ordinance may make the expense of abatement of nuisances a lien against the property on which it is maintained and a pe…

(a) The legislative body may by ordinance establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs by a nuisance abatement lien. This ordinance shall require notice prior to the recordation of the lien to the owner of record of the parcel of land or which the n…

(a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs incurred in the summary abatement of any nuisance resulting from the defacement by a minor or other person of the property…

(a) As an alternative to the procedure authorized by Section 38773.1, the legislative body may by ordinance establish a procedure for the abatement of a nuisance and make the cost of abatement of a nuisance upon a parcel of land a special assessment against that parcel. (b) A cit…

(a) As an alternative to the procedure specified in Section 38773.2, the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish a procedure for the abatement of any nuisance resulting from the defacement by a minor or other person of property of anoth…

The legislative body, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an owner of property or a person described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 38772 is responsible for a conditio…

The legislative body may: (a) Regulate the exhibition, posting, or carrying of banners, placards, posters, cards, pictures, signs, or advertisements in or on the street, or on or upon buildings, fences, billboards, or other structures; or on or upon any pole in any sidewalk, alle…

The legislative body may prohibit and prevent encroachments upon or obstruction in or to any sidewalks, street, alley, lane, court, park, or other public place and provide for the removal of such encroachment or obstruction.

A city by ordinance may provide that prior to the sale or exchange of any residential building, the owner or the owner’s authorized agent shall obtain from the city a report of the residential building record showing the regularly authorized use, occupancy, and zoning classificat…

The report of residential building record shall be delivered by the owner, or the authorized agent of the owner, to the buyer or transferee of the residential building prior to the consummation of the sale or exchange.

The ordinance may require payment of a reasonable fee by the owner, or the owner’s authorized agent, for the issuance of the reports.

The ordinance shall provide that it shall be unlawful for the owner of a residential building to sell or exchange same without first having obtained and delivered to the buyer a report of residential building record.

This article shall not apply to the first sale of a residential building located in a subdivision whose final map has been approved and recorded in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act not more than two years prior to the first sale.

No sale or exchange of residential property shall be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with any provision of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this article unless such failure is an act or omission which would be a valid ground for rescission of suc…

By gift, purchase, or condemnation any city may acquire land within the county where the city is located for garbage disposal sites and rights of way for roadways to the site. “Garbage” includes: (a) Animal, fruit, and vegetable refuse. (b) Offal. (c) Leaves and cuttings, trimmin…

Any city collecting garbage fees or charges may collect delinquent fees or charges in the manner provided in Section 25831 for counties.

By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, sabotage or enemy attack, shall have complete authority over the city and the right to exerci…

(a) The legislative body of a city may impose and collect a license fee for a period not to exceed two years and not exceeding the cost of services relating to dogs, including, but not limited to, animal shelters and control and the programs specified in Section 30652 of the Food…

As a means of implementing a municipal underground utility district formed to remove existing overhead utility lines and to require property owners of the district, served by such lines, to prepare their properties to accept underground utility lines, cities may provide by ordina…

The legislative body of a city may contract for ambulance service to serve the residents of the city as convenience requires.

This article applies to the municipal court established in a district embracing the Judicial District of El Cajon.

(a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual physical examinations, executive flexible benefits plan, except that if deferred com…

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

The Sheriff of Madera County shall be responsible for the transportation of prisoners held in the county’s adult correctional facility to and from necessary court appearances, medical and dental trips, and transfers to or from local, state, or federal correctional facilities. To …

This article applies to the Municipal Court of the North County Judicial District.

(a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual physical examinations, executive flexible benefits plan, except that if deferred com…

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

This article applies to the municipal courts established in Riverside County.

(a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the county flexible benefits plan. (b) Subject to approval by the board of supervisors, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same long-term disability insurance …

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

This article applies to the municipal court established in a district embracing that portion of the City of San Diego not included within the South Bay Municipal Court District.

(a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual physical examinations, executive flexible benefits plan, except that if deferred com…

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

Notwithstanding Section 71040, there shall be a municipal court in a judicial district, embracing the Cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City, that portion of the City of San Diego lying southerly of the City of Chula Vista and the portion of the City of Sa…

(a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual physical examinations, executive flexible benefits plan, except that if deferred com…

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the San Joaquin County Court Security and Civil Process Act.

This article applies to the court security functions and service of process and notice functions in the sheriff’s office.

There is a court services division within the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department to provide security within the superior court.

(a) The sheriff shall be the appointing authority for all court services division positions and employees. (b) Selection, appointment, and removal of chiefs of the court services division shall be made by a majority vote of the incumbent superior court judges and commissioners fr…

(a) There shall be one marshal who shall be appointed by the Shasta County Superior Court. (b) The board of supervisors may transfer certain duties of the sheriff to the marshal pursuant to Section 26608.3. (c) All fees collected by the marshal’s office shall be deposited with th…

Each employee of the marshal’s office who is a county employee shall be provided the same employment benefits by Shasta County as the county provides to other county employees in equivalent categories and salary ranges in the county’s merit personnel system.

The marshal and employees of the office of the marshal who provide court security services, except reserve deputy marshals, are employees of the Shasta County Superior Court for all purposes.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Broadcasting Act of 1975.

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the provision of a high-quality educational, cultural, and public affairs program service designed to meet the needs of the citizens of this state and its various localities…

The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter unless the context requires otherwise.