Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Whenever property owned by any county and which is devoted to or held for ultimate use for park, amusement or recreational purposes is included within a city by annexation, the ownership and control of such property shall remain in the county unless the board of supervisors shall…

Any property transferred to a city by a county pursuant to agreement or condition that said area be developed or maintained or both as a park, recreation or amusement area, whether under Section 25550 or Section 25550.5, may be modified by agreement of the city and county releasi…

If the legislative body of any city finds that any public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground belonging to the city is being used by large numbers of residents of the county generally who are not residents of the city, and that the use by the nonresidents of the city n…

The resolution shall designate the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground affected and state the amount required for enlargement, improvement, or maintenance of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground. It shall also contain a description of the pr…

Upon receiving a certified copy of the resolution, if the board of supervisors finds by four-fifths vote of all its members that the enlargement or improvement of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground is of general county interest or that the cost of maintenan…

The aid may be given in the form of funds, property, or services, but the total amount shall not exceed the amount available from the funds of the county during the fiscal year in which the aid is given. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The resolution of the board of supervisors is sufficient authority for the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of the city for any sum of money specified in the resolution and for proper action on the part of any county officer affected to carry out the resolution. (Added…

The aid shall be used by the city within one year from the time it is extended by the county and any sum or property remaining at the end of the year shall be returned to the county. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

A report showing the disposition of the aid shall be made by the legislative body of the city to the board of supervisors within one year from the time it is received. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

To the end that its citizens may enjoy greater cultural, educational, and recreational advantages, any county may provide music free to the public in connection with the maintenance of county-owned parks and playgrounds or upon any appropriate public or patriotic occasion, and fo…

The board of supervisors may: (a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical entertainment to the public, either by the employment of individual musicians or by entering into contracts, with or without…

The board of supervisors may sell and convey to any school district, high school district, or junior college district within the county, without compensation or upon such compensation as the board may determine, any portion of any land which was acquired by the county by means of…

The board of supervisors of any county may, by a four-fifths vote of the members, use or dedicate any portion of any land acquired by the county by means of special assessment proceedings for park purposes, for the erection and maintenance of one or more buildings to house a supe…

The board of supervisors of any county, by ordinance, may adandon land, lying outside of the corporate limits of any city, which land has been dedicated for park purposes, by the recording of a subdivision plat or map in the recorder’s office, upon finding that such land is not g…

In counties having a population in excess of 250,000, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with any person, firm, or corporation, for performances within the county including, but not limited to, operas, symphonies, band concerts and other instrumental concerts, his…

(a) (1) (A) The recorder shall, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required by statute, or court order to be recorded, or authorized or required to be recorded by a local ordinance that relates to t…

(a) (1) A disinterested custodian of an electronic record may certify that a tangible copy is a complete and accurate reproduction of the electronic record. The certification shall be subscribed and sworn to, or affirmed, by the disinterested custodian before a notary public and …

(a) A notary acknowledgment shall be deemed complete for recording purposes without a photographically reproducible official seal of the notary public if the seal, as described in Section 8207, is present and legible, and the name of the notary, the county of the notary’s princip…

Upon the request of any officer of the United States, the county recorder shall record instruments to which the United States is a party without payment of the recording fee in advance and shall execute the proper government voucher for payment. Upon payment, the fee shall be tra…

Any recorder to whom an instrument proved or acknowledged according to law or any paper or notice which may by law be recorded is delivered for record is liable to the party aggrieved for the amount of the damages occasioned thereby, if he or she commits any of the following acts…

If the recorder willfully and maliciously commits any of the acts described in Section 27203 or derives a personal financial benefit from committing any of those acts, the recorder is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of damages occasioned thereby. (Amended…

Any person who receives a form from the recorder pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 27203, stating that the proffered document is unrecordable, and who subsequently attempts to record the document without an order from the court requiring recordation of that document, is guil…

After two years from the date of filing in the recorder’s office of notice of completion of any building or improvement, the contract, plans, specifications and bond under which the work or improvement was performed may be returned by the recorder to the person filing them, unles…

The county recorder may destroy federal tax liens together with any release of said liens eight years after the lien was filed in his office; provided, a microfilm copy of each unreleased tax lien has been made and certified in the manner provided for in Section 1551 of the Evide…

At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or records books created under the Land Title Law (an initiative measure adopted by the electors November 3, 1914, and repealed effective …

If a paper or document has been microfilmed, the county recorder may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to him or her more than one year previously, unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period or unless the recorde…

The county recorder may use a printed, stamped, photographically reproduced facsimile, electronic, or otherwise digitally created signature in certifying to a record in the recorder’s office provided that the certification has the seal of the recorder’s office affixed thereto. (A…

(a) The recorder shall keep an official seal of the recorder’s office that shall, when embossed, stamped, impressed, or affixed to a certification, show legibly. The seal may be applied manually, mechanically, electronically, or by other digital means. The seal shall: (1) Be circ…

Any county may issue funding or refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter for the following purposes: (a) To refund any outstanding county indebtedness, evidenced by bonds or warrants. (b) For any purposes for which the board of supervisors is authorized to expend the funds of the…

(a) A county may also issue bonds pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of seismic strengthening of unreinforced buildings and other buildings. Proceeds of bonds authorized pursuant to this section may be used to make loans to public entities or owners of private buildings. Lo…

The board of supervisors shall adopt an order calling and providing for a bond election, which order shall state: (a) The purpose or purposes for which the indebtedness is to be incurred. (b) The amount of bonds proposed to be issued. (c) The maximum rate of interest. (d) The dat…

All or any part of the proceeds of the bonds may be contributed or paid to any agency, board, commission or entity constituted or provided for by agreement under or pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code, if the board of supervisors shall fin…

The board of supervisors shall provide for submitting the question of the issuance of the bonds to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election or at a special election to be called by it for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

To the right of or below each bond proposition on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 15. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

Several separate propositions may be submitted at the same election, and any single proposition may include one or more purposes. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 141.)

A special election may be held as provided in this article. Only qualified voters of the county may vote. The election shall be held as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election law of the State. The board of supervisors may form bond election precincts by ado…

The order calling and providing for a bond election shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the county once a week for at least four weeks. If no newspaper is published in the county, copies of the order shall be conspicuously posted in five public places in the…

Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, relating to arguments concerning county measures, are applicable to this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 60. Effective January 1, 1995.)

If two-thirds of the electors voting on a proposition vote in favor of it, the bonds in an amount not exceeding that specified in said proposition may be issued. When two or more propositions are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shal…

The total amount of bonded indebtedness shall not at any time exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the county as shown by the last equalized assessment roll. If water conservation, flood control, irrigation, reclamation, or drainage works, improvements, or purposes, or the…

If the issuance of the bonds is authorized at said election, the board may thereafter adopt a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of all or any part of the bonds authorized at said election. Said resolution shall prescribe the form of the bond and attached intere…

The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series; provided, that the earliest maturity of each issue o…

When the issuance of bonds shall have been authorized pursuant to two or more propositions submitted at the same or different elections, all or any part of said bonds not theretofore issued may be combined and issued and sold as a single issue or series. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch…

In the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds, the board may provide for the call and redemption of all or any part of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity, at their par value plus a specified premium, if any, and accrued interest. The …

Notice of redemption shall be published at such time and in such manner as the board may provide in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 141.)

If funds are made available for the payment of the principal, interest, and premium on the bonds called, the interest on the bonds shall cease after the date fixed for redemption. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)