Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Absence from this state, on business of the state or of the United States, shall not affect the question of residence of any person. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 789.)

The sheriff shall preserve peace, and to accomplish this object may sponsor, supervise, or participate in any project of crime prevention, rehabilitation of persons previously convicted of crime, or the suppression of delinquency. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The sheriff shall arrest and take before the nearest magistrate for examination all persons who attempt to commit or who have committed a public offense. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The sheriff shall prevent and suppress any affrays, breaches of the peace, riots, and insurrections that come to his or her knowledge, and investigate public offenses which have been committed. The sheriff may execute all orders of the local health officer issued for the purpose …

The sheriff shall command the aid of as many inhabitants of the sheriff’s county as he or she thinks necessary in the execution of his or her duties. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 120, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in counties in which the sheriff, as of July 1, 1993, is not in charge of and the sole and exclusive authority to keep the county jail and the prisoners in it, the sheriff shall take charge of and be the sole and exclusive author…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no deputy sheriff shall be required to become a custodial or other officer involuntarily. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1236, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)

(a) The sheriff has the authority, after conferring with a physician who is neither a county employee nor under a preexisting contract with the county, to release from a county correctional facility for transfer to a medical facility or residential care facility, a prisoner whose…

(a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, has the authority, after conferring with a physician who has oversight for providing medical care at a county jail, or that physician’s designee, to release from a county correctional facility, a prisoner sentenced to a county jail if the …

(a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, after conferring with the physician who has oversight for providing medical care, or the physician’s designee, may request the court to grant medical probation or to resentence a prisoner to medical probation in lieu of jail time for any p…

Before implementing Sections 26605.6 and 26605.7, the county board of supervisors shall adopt a process to fund the nonfederal share of Medi-Cal costs for the period of time that a prisoner would have otherwise been incarcerated or for the period of time that a probationer is on …

The sheriff shall endorse upon all process and notices the year, month, day, hour, and minute of reception and on payment of fees issue to the person delivering it a certificate showing the names of the parties, title of paper, and time when received. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 4…

The sheriff shall serve all process and notices in the manner prescribed by law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The sheriff, when serving any process or notice, shall, if the instructions to the sheriff include a request for a certificate as prescribed by the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940 as amended (50 United States Code Appendix, Section 520) make inquiry of the person served t…

Whenever a county or city and county owns land in another county, it may request the sheriff of that county to deputize its officers or employees as deputy sheriffs so that they may perform police duties solely upon said land. The sheriff may appoint such deputies. (Added by Stat…

(a) In Shasta County, the board of supervisors by ordinance or resolution may transfer from the sheriff to the marshal of the Shasta County Superior Court the duty to serve all writs, notices, and other process issued by any state court, or other competent authority. (b) After ad…

The sheriff shall certify upon process or notices the manner and time of service, or if he fails to make service, the reason of his failure, and return the process or notices without delay. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The sheriff of any county which maintains a jail in another county has the same control and supervision of the property, personnel, and inmates that he would have if the jail were located within the boundaries of the county which maintains it. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The sheriff in attendance upon court shall act as the crier thereof. He shall call the parties and witnesses and all other persons bound to appear at the court and make proclamation of the opening and adjournment of the court and of any other matter under its direction. (Added by…

The sheriff may supply ambulance service within the county to any person if all of the following conditions exist: (a) The person has been rendered so desperately ill, whether by sudden sickness or accident, that immediate hospitalization is necessary in order to save life or lim…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29601 the board of supervisors in a county having a population in excess of 3,000,000 may authorize the sheriff to enforce the provisions of the Vehicle Code in the unincorporated area of such county but only upon county highways. The exp…

The board of supervisors of a county may authorize the sheriff to search for and rescue persons who are lost or are in danger of their lives within or in the immediate vicinity of the county. The expense incurred by the sheriff in the performance of those duties shall be a proper…

The county or city and county of residence of a person searched for or rescued by the sheriff under the authority of Section 26614 shall pay to the county or city and county conducting such search or rescue, in any case where the expenses thereof exceed one hundred dollars ($100)…

(a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, whenever a county or city and county is billed for a search or rescue of one of its residents who is 16 years of age or older by another county or city and county, the c…

(a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, when a person 16 years of age or older is a resident of a county or city and county that conducts a search or rescue of that person, that person shall pay the county or …

The sheriff shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a directory of specially trained dogs or dog teams with proven ability in search and rescue operations as one of the possible methods to be used under the authority of Section 26614. The directory shall include, but not be li…

Upon the application of a licensee under the Private Investigator and Adjuster Act (commencing with Section 7500 of the Business and Professions Code), the sheriff shall furnish such licensee with a report stating whether any employee, or proposed employee, of such licensee has e…

The income and revenue paid into the county treasury shall be at once appropriated to and kept in separate funds. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the 1993–94 fiscal year, unreserved and undesignated fund balances in county or city and county special funds may be transferred to the county or city and county general fund for the general purposes of the county or city and c…

The general fund consists of money received into the treasury and not specially appropriated to any other fund. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If by law a tax is required or permitted to be levied at one uniform rate on all the taxable property in the county for the purpose of creating, replenishing, or contributing to a fund for particular and specified purposes, the board of supervisors may add the tax rate for such f…

This section does not apply to the sale by counties of bonds purchased as investments. Whenever any bonds issued by any county or by any school, drainage, or other district in any county, whose accounts are required by law to be kept by the county auditor and treasurer, are sold …

Whenever any special assessment or special assessment taxes are levied upon land or real property by any city, county, district or other public corporation, officer, or body, and the same are to be collected by the county or any county officer, whether acting as a county officer …

(a) Violation of a city ordinance is a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. The violation of a city ordinance may be prosecuted by city authorities in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action. (b) Every violation determi…

The city legislative body may impose fines, penalties, and forfeitures for violations of ordinances. It may fix the penalty by fine or imprisonment, or both. A fine shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). Imprisonment shall not exceed six months. (Amended by Stats. 1983, …

Imprisonment for violation of an ordinance shall be in the city jail, unless by ordinance the legislative body prescribes imprisonment in the county jail. If city prisoners are imprisoned in the county jail the expense is a charge against the city. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)…

The legislative body may require persons imprisoned for violation of an ordinance to labor on public property or works within the city. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

It is the intent of this article to enable any city to adopt such a retirement system as is adaptable to its size and type. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

By ordinance, any city may establish a retirement system for its officers and employees and provide for the payment of retirement allowances, pensions, disability payments, and death benefits, or any of them. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established, nor shall different allowances or benefits be established for male and female employees. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. …

Before the ordinance establishing a retirement system is adopted, the city legislative body shall adopt a resolution giving notice of intention to adopt the ordinance. The resolution shall contain a summary of the major provisions of the proposed retirement system. (Added by Stat…

The ordinance shall not be adopted unless an election is first held to permit the employees proposed to be included in the system to express by secret ballot their approval or disapproval of the retirement proposal. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

The ballot used at the election shall include a summary of the retirement system as set forth in the resolution. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

The election shall be conducted in a manner to be prescribed by the legislative body, and permit firemen, policemen, and other city employees included in the system, as separate groups, to express their approval or disapproval. The ordinance shall not include in the system any gr…

The ordinance establishing a retirement system may be adopted either by a majority vote of the electorate of the city or by approval of a two-thirds majority of the legislative body of the city. The ordinance shall not be repealed except by a vote of the electorate. (Added by Sta…