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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24006.

24006. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appointments may be made by the authorized appointing power, including the board of supervisors, to fill any vacancy occurring by reason of the absence of the incumbent on military service from which he has a right to return to his office or position pursuant to the Military and Veterans Code until whichever of the following first occurs: (a) the resigning officer returns to and re-enters the office from which he resigned, or (b) the term expires for which he was elected or appointed.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24007.

24007. If any officer, deputy, assistant, or employee of a county or judicial district was required by law to file an oath of office or to execute a bond prior to his original entry upon the duties of the office or employment, he shall file an oath and execute a bond in like manner and form prior to his re-entry upon the duties of the office or employment pursuant to the Military and Veterans Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24008.

24008. (a) The board of supervisors may appoint a county fire warden and assistant and deputy county fire wardens as it may consider necessary. The county fire warden shall aid in enforcing all laws and ordinances and any rules or regulations adopted by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and by the State Fire Marshal relating to fires or to fire prevention and protection. The county fire warden and the county fire warden’s deputies and assistants shall perform those duties relating to fires or to fire protection and prevention required by the board of supervisors. The county fire warden, and any assistant and deputy county fire wardens that are designated by the county fire warden, have the powers of peace officers to make arrests without warrant for violation of any state, county, or federal fire laws, and are not liable to civil action for trespass committed in the discharge of their duties. In making any arrests, the county fire warden, and the county fire warden’s assistants and deputies shall follow the procedure prescribed in Sections 4157 and 4158 of the Public Resources Code. The county fire warden and the county fire warden’s assistants and deputies shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors and shall be paid salaries and receive reimbursement for mileage while traveling on official business as determined by the board.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, if the board of supervisors of a county, in which a civil service system has been created for county officers and employees, determines that it is necessary to provide for the appointment of a county fire warden and assistant and deputy county fire wardens, that county fire warden and those assistants and deputies shall be selected and appointed pursuant to the provisions relating to that civil service system and the persons so appointed shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges, and subject to all of the provisions, provided by the system in the same manner and to the same extent as other county officers and employees included in the system. This paragraph does not apply to any county in which the office of county fire warden, or any assistant or deputy county fire warden is excluded from the civil service system.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 972, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24009.

24009. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county officers to be elected by the people are the treasurer, county clerk, auditor, sheriff, tax collector, district attorney, recorder, assessor, public administrator, and coroner.
(b) Except for those officers named in subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XI of the California Constitution, any county office that is required to be elective may become an appointive office pursuant to this subdivision. In order to change an office from elective to appointive, a proposal shall be presented to the voters of the county and approved by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition. A proposal shall be submitted to the voters by the county board of supervisors or it may be submitted to the voters pursuant to the qualification of an initiative petition as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9100) of Division 9 of the Elections Code. Any county office changed from elective to appointive in accordance with this subdivision may be changed back from appointive to elective in the same manner.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24010.

24010. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors may by ordinance abolish the office of coroner and provide instead for the office of medical examiner, to be appointed by the said board and to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the coroner. The medical examiner shall be a licensed physician and surgeon duly qualified as a specialist in pathology.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1398.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24011.

24011. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009:
(a) The Boards of Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa County, Glenn County, Imperial County, Lake County, Lassen County, Madera County, Mendocino County, Mono County, Monterey County, Napa County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, and Ventura County may, by ordinance, provide that the public administrator shall be appointed by the board.
(b) The Boards of Supervisors of Lake County, Madera County, Mendocino County, Napa County, Siskiyou County, Trinity County, and Tuolumne County may appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator, veteran service officer, and public guardian. The Boards of Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa County, Glenn County, Imperial County, Kings County, Lassen County, Mono County, Monterey County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Sonoma County, and Ventura County, may, by ordinance, appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator and public guardian.
(c) The Boards of Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa County, Glenn County, Lake County, Lassen County, Madera County, Mendocino County, Mono County, Napa County, Trinity County, and Tuolumne County may separate the consolidated offices of district attorney and public administrator at any time in order to make the appointments permitted by this section. Upon approval by the board of supervisors, the officer elected to these offices at any time may resign, or decline to qualify for, the office of public administrator without resigning from, or declining to qualify for, the office of district attorney.
(d) The Board of Supervisors of Ventura County may separate the consolidated office of public administrator from the office of treasurer, in order to make the appointment authorized by this section. Upon approval by the board of supervisors, the officer elected to these offices at any time may resign, or decline to qualify for, the office of public administrator without resigning from, or declining to qualify for, the office of treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 427, Sec. 3. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - County Officers › Section 24012.

24012. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Del Norte may, by ordinance, provide that the office of public administrator shall be filled by appointment by the board. In the County of Del Norte, the same person may be appointed to hold the offices of public administrator, public guardian, and county veteran services officer simultaneously.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 214, Sec. 1. Effective June 20, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24050.

24050. Each county officer shall complete the business of his office to the time of the expiration of his term. If at the close of his term any officer leaves to his successor any official labor to be performed which it was his duty to perform, he shall be liable to his successor for the full value of such services.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24051.

24051. (a) On or before July 10th in each year, or at any other interval designated by the board of supervisors, each county officer or person in charge of any office, department, service, or institution of the county, and the executive head of each special district whose affairs and funds are under the supervision and control of the board of supervisors or for which the board is ex officio the governing body shall file with the county clerk, or with the county auditor, according to the procedure prescribed by the board, an inventory under oath, showing in detail all county property in his or her possession or in his or her charge at the close of business on the preceding June 30th.
(b) By ordinance the board of supervisors may prescribe an annual or any other period, provided that the period shall not be in excess of three years, for preparation of the inventory and a correspondingly different date for its filing, and may prescribe the manner and form in which the inventory shall be compiled. The inventories shall be kept of record by the county clerk or auditor for at least five years. Any inventory which has been on file for five years or more may be destroyed on order of the board of supervisors or may be destroyed at any time after the document has been reproduced in accordance with Section 26205.1.
(c) A true copy of the inventory shall be delivered by the person who made it to his or her successor in office, who shall receipt for it. The receipt shall be filed with the county clerk or county auditor.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 343, Sec. 8.5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24052.

24052. Whenever notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper by any officer of a county or judicial district, the person for whom the notice is to be given shall pay to the officer, if required, the fees for the publication, in advance. Failure of any officer to publish any notice required by law pertaining to the duties of his office is a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24054.

24054. Any officer authorizing, aiding to authorize, auditing, allowing, or paying any claim or demand upon or against the treasury of any county, or any fund thereof, in violation of law or of the constitution is liable personally and upon his official bond to the person damaged by such illegal action, to the extent of his loss by reason of the nonpayment of his claim.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24055.

24055. Any clerk or sheriff who receives any fine or forfeiture and refuses or neglects to pay it over according to law and within 30 days after its receipt is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 192. Effective September 28, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24056.

24056. The board of supervisors upon receiving a certified copy of the record of conviction of any officer for receiving illegal fees shall declare his office vacant.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24057.

24057. Every county officer and the officer’s deputies may administer and certify oaths.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 193. Effective September 28, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Duties › Section 24058.

24058. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, but excepting herefrom any meetings of law enforcement officers called pursuant to Section 12524 of the Government Code, when any county officer is called or summoned to attend any meeting or conference by any civil executive officer of the state pursuant to state law, his expenses of attending such meeting or conference may be made charges against the county only when funds for such expenses, exclusive of funds required for mandatory travel expenses, have already been appropriated.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 103.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Deputies › Section 24100.

24100. Whenever the official name of any principal officer is used in any law conferring power or imposing duties or liabilities, it includes deputies.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Deputies › Section 24101.

24101. Every county or district officer, except a supervisor or judicial officer, may appoint as many deputies as are necessary for the prompt and faithful discharge of the duties of his office.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Deputies › Section 24102.

24102. (a) An appointee shall not act as deputy until:
(1) A written appointment by the deputy’s principal is filed with the county clerk.
(2) A copy of the appointment is filed with the county auditor, if the auditor has so requested.
(3) The deputy has taken the oath of office.
(b) In its discretion, the board of supervisors of a county may require every appointed deputy of that county who legally changes their name, delegated authority, or department, within 10 days from the date of the change, to file a new appointment in the same manner as the original filing. The county may maintain a record of each person so required to file a new oath of office indicating whether or not the person has complied. Any record maintained pursuant to this subdivision is a public record subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1).
(c) A revocation of the appointment of any deputy shall be made and filed in the same manner as the appointment.
(d) Five years after the date of revocation of appointment of a deputy, the written oath of office subscribed to by the deputy may be destroyed and no reproduction thereof need be made or preserved.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 187. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Deputies › Section 24104.

24104. A county officer shall not be appointed or act as a deputy of another officer of the same county for compensation, except if his pay is less than one hundred fifty ($150) a month.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Deputies › Section 24105.

24105. If the office of any of the county officers enumerated in Section 24000 of this code is vacant the duties of such office may be temporarily discharged by a chief deputy, assistant or deputy of such officer, as the case may be, next in authority to such county officer in office at the time the vacancy occurs, with like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as such county officer, until the vacancy in the office is filled in the manner provided by law; provided that if the vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff, the duties of such office shall be discharged by the undersheriff, or if that position is vacant, by the assistant sheriff, or if that position is also vacant, by the chief deputy next in line of authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 117.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24150.

24150. Prior to the primary election immediately preceding the election of county officers, the board of supervisors shall prescribe the amounts of the official bonds of the treasurer, county clerk, auditor, sheriff, tax collector, district attorney, recorder, assessor, surveyor, superintendent of schools, public administrator, and coroner.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24151.

24151. Prior to the primary election immediately preceding the election of county officers the judges of the superior court shall prescribe the amount in which each member of the board of supervisors shall execute an official bond, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24152.

24152. Before qualifying the tax collector shall give an additional bond as license collector in such sum as is fixed by the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24153.

24153. The board of supervisors shall require that the sheriff give separate bonds in such amounts as are prescribed by it in reference (a) to civil matters and (b) to criminal matters.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24154.

24154. As an alternative or supplementary to the bonds required by this chapter, the board of supervisors may include the county officers listed in this chapter as covered employees in any master bond used in their county in accordance with Section 1481 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1234.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24155.

24155. When the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 24300) of this part, the board of supervisors may elect to provide one official bond for the officer performing the duties of offices which are consolidated, and may prescribe the amount of such official bond.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 24156.

24156. The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution, adopt a program of self-insurance in lieu of bonds for any officer or employee employed by such county, or for the officers or employees of any district, the governing board of which is the board of supervisors of the county adopting the resolution, or for any officer or attaché of any court supported in whole or in part by the adopting county. After the resolution is adopted, any or all requirements of law with respect to faithful performance or revolving fund bonds shall be inapplicable to such county, district or court or any officer or employee thereof; provided, however, that such a county shall provide for self-insurance, the amount of which shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1480, 1481, 24150 and 24151.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 384.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 5 - Election › Section 24200.

24200. Except as otherwise provided, all elective county officers shall be elected at the election specified pursuant to Section 1300 of the Elections Code and take office at 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday after the January 1 succeeding their election.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 743, Sec. 3. (AB 759) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 5 - Election › Section 24203.

24203. Within six months after the first general election succeeding the creation of the county, the supervisors of any county created after July 1, 1907, shall classify themselves by lot into two classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, and the term of office of the class having the greater number shall expire in two years from the commencement of the term, and the term of office of the class having the lesser number shall terminate in four years from the commencement of the term.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 5 - Election › Section 24204.

24204. Whenever any county frames and adopts a charter for its government, which is approved by the Legislature, and the charter provides for the appointment of any officers of a county, the officers first appointed under the charter are the successors of the like elective officers in office at the time of the approval of the charter. The elective officers shall continue to hold office for the term for which they were elected and until the appointment and qualification of their successors under the charter. No election for any officer whose successor is to be appointed shall be had at any election held subsequent to the approval of the charter, except to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 5 - Election › Section 24205.

24205. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 24204, or any other statute, the office of sheriff shall be filled by election as provided in this chapter for elective county officers, and vacancies shall be filled as provided by law for filling elective county offices, unless the county or city and county is chartered and such charter provides for election of the sheriff by vote of the electors.
(b) In any charter county or city and county, whose charter provides for filling the office of sheriff other than by election by vote of the electors, in conflict with subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article XI of the California Constitution, the office of sheriff of such charter county or city and county shall be filled as provided in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 703.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 5 - Election › Section 24206.

24206. Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara may adopt, or a voter of that county may propose by initiative, an ordinance to elect an officer of that county by ranked choice voting. The ordinance shall specify which county officers shall be elected by this method and whether they shall be elected at large or by or from district, as applicable. Notwithstanding Section 1300 of the Elections Code or any other law, an ordinance that provides for a ranked choice voting process may hold that election at the statewide primary election at which the election otherwise would be held in accordance with Section 1300 of the Elections Code, the first statewide general election following that statewide primary election, or a combination thereof. The ordinance may further specify whether ranked choice voting may be used in special elections to fill vacancies in county offices. Such special elections may be held on any date allowed for such special elections.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 362, Sec. 2. (AB 1227) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24250.

24250. Sheriffs, clerks, recorders, treasurers, and auditors, shall have their offices at the county seat in the courthouse, hall of records, jail, or other buildings. However, these officials may situate their offices outside the county seat, provided that the offices are conveniently located and easily accessible to the public, and notice of their location is prominently displayed in the county administration building and other appropriate county facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 6.3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24250.1.

24250.1. Sheriffs shall also have offices in each city in which they perform court-related services and a facility of the superior court is located.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24252.

24252. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 20,000 as ascertained by the preceding census taken under the authority of the Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than 30 miles distant from the county courthouse.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24253.

24253. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 50,000 as ascertained by the last census taken under the authority of the Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than six miles distant from the county courthouse.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24254.

24254. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 7,000, as ascertained by the preceding census taken under the authority of Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than 55 miles distant from the site of the county courthouse. Such offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business continuously every day, except Sundays and holidays, in the period during which a superior court is in session in the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 324.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24254.5.

24254.5. Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in each city wherein the city hall is not less than eighteen miles from the site of the county courthouse and which has a population of not less than ten thousand, and within the ten-mile radius from the city hall of which there is a population of not less than fifty thousand, if there are residing in the county at least eighteen miles from the county courthouse not less than fifteen thousand persons, some of whom would be required to travel 50 miles to attend court at said city and at least ten miles farther in order to attend the superior court at the county courthouse, and in each city or town within the county containing a population of not less than two thousand two hundred wherein the city hall of said city or town is not less than sixty miles distant from the site of the county courthouse, or any other place where sessions of the superior court have been established, such populations being ascertained by the latest population determination as made under the authority of the Congress of the United States, or the Legislature of the State of California.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 867.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24256.

24256. Whenever the law specifies that an office or building shall be located at the county seat and an incorporated city has been designated as the county seat, the location of that office or building may be either within or in the immediate vicinity of the corporate limits of said city. However, the prescribed offices and buildings may be situated outside the county seat or its immediate vicinity, provided that those offices and buildings are conveniently located and easily accessible to the public, and notice of their location is prominently displayed in the county administration building and other appropriate county facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 6.5. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24257.

24257. In this chapter “transaction of business” means that during the hours named there shall be present in each office at least one person qualified and prepared to transact the business that properly comes into the office.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24258.

24258. If any officer required by this chapter to have an office has no regularly appointed deputy paid by the county at the same time and in the same manner as the principal, he may close his office during the hour from 12 o'clock noon to 1 o'clock p.m.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24259.

24259. If the officer has a branch office to which a single deputy is assigned, he may close the branch office during the hour from 12 o'clock noon to 1 o'clock p.m.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24260.

24260. In all counties county officers shall keep their offices open for the transaction of business during such hours and on such days as are fixed by the board of supervisors by ordinance or resolution.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 661.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 6 - Offices and Office Hours › Section 24262.

24262. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no office of the sheriff or clerk shall be established elsewhere than at the county seat without the approval of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1601.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24300.

24300. By ordinance the board of supervisors may consolidate the duties of certain of the county offices in one or more of these combinations:
(a) Sheriff and tax collector.
(b) Auditor and recorder.
(c) County clerk, auditor, and recorder.
(d) County clerk and public administrator.
(e) County clerk and recorder.
(f) County clerk and auditor.
(g) Treasurer and tax collector.
(h) Treasurer and recorder.
(i) Treasurer and assessor.
(j) Treasurer and public administrator.
(k) Public administrator and coroner.
(l) District attorney and public administrator.
(m) District attorney and coroner.
(n) Sheriff and coroner.
(o) Sheriff and public administrator.
(p) County agricultural commissioner and county sealer of weights and measures.
(q) Road commissioner and surveyor. A county may create an office entitled public works director, combining the duties of road commissioner and surveyor and any other compatible duties not legally required to be performed by another county officer.
(r) County surveyor and director of transportation.
By the ordinance that consolidates the duties of the appointive county offices described in subdivision (p), notwithstanding Section 2122 and Sections 2181 to 2187, inclusive, of the Food and Agricultural Code, and Sections 12200 and 12214 of the Business and Professions Code, the board of supervisors may provide that the first term only of the newly consolidated office expires when the first of the remaining unexpired terms of the two unconsolidated offices would have expired. Where a vacancy in either of the unconsolidated offices exists the term of office of the newly consolidated office shall be the longer of the remaining unexpired terms.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 407, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24300.5.

24300.5. In addition to the duties of the county offices which may be consolidated under the provisions of Section 24300, the board of supervisors may by ordinance consolidate the offices of auditor, controller, treasurer, tax collector, and director of finance.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 638.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24301.

24301. If the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors, by ordinance, may elect to separate the duties so consolidated, and reconsolidate them in any other manner permitted by this chapter or separate the duties without reconsolidation, and provide that the duties of each office shall be performed by a separate person, if it deems the change to be in the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24302.

24302. When the duties of offices are united and consolidated, the person elected to fill the united and consolidated offices shall take the oath and give the bond required for each, discharge all the duties pertaining to each, and receive the compensation of the offices the duties of which are consolidated.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24303.

24303. When there is an omission by the board of supervisors to consolidate the duties of offices as authorized in this chapter and to advertise the ordinance of consolidation, each office not so consolidated shall be filled in the manner provided by law.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24304.

24304. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24300, in counties of the 13th to 58th classes, inclusive, the board of supervisors by ordinance may consolidate the duties of certain of the county offices in one or more of these combinations:
(a) Sheriff and tax collector.
(b) Auditor and recorder.
(c) County clerk, auditor, and recorder.
(d) County clerk and public administrator.
(e) County clerk and recorder.
(f) County clerk and auditor.
(g) Treasurer and tax collector.
(h) Treasurer and recorder.
(i) Treasurer and assessor.
(j) Treasurer and public administrator.
(k) Public administrator and coroner.
(l) District attorney and public administrator.
(m) District attorney and coroner.
(n) Sheriff and coroner.
(o) Sheriff and public administrator.
(p) County agricultural commissioner and county sealer of weights and measures.
(q) County clerk and tax collector.
(r) Treasurer, tax collector, and recorder.
(s) Sheriff, tax collector, and coroner.
(t) Coroner and health officer.
(u) Road commissioner and surveyor. A county may create an office entitled public works director, combining the duties of road commissioner and surveyor and any other compatible duties not legally required to be performed by another county officer.
(v) Sheriff, coroner, and public administrator.
(w) Treasurer, tax collector, and public administrator.
(x) County clerk, assessor, and recorder.
(y) Assessor and recorder.
(z) Tax collector/county clerk and treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24304.1.

24304.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24300, in counties of the 11th class, the board of supervisors by ordinance may consolidate the duties of certain of the county offices, in one or both of these combinations:
(a) County clerk, assessor, and recorder.
(b) Sheriff, coroner, and public administrator.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 703, Sec. 1. Effective October 6, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24304.2.

24304.2. Notwithstanding Section 24300, in the Counties of Lake, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Trinity, and Tulare, the board of supervisors, by ordinance, may consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector. The board of supervisors of the County of Lake shall not so consolidate these offices until a vacancy in either the office of Auditor-Controller or in the office of Treasurer-Tax Collector occurs.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 62, Sec. 1. (AB 632) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24305.

24305. When the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors, by ordinance, may elect to consolidate the budgets of the offices the duties of which are consolidated.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1225.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24306.

24306. If the board of supervisors in counties having a population of 4,000,000 or more persons, consolidates two or more offices pursuant to statute or charter, the occupant of the consolidated office need not possess any of the qualifications required of the occupant of any of the separate offices which are consolidated if:
(a) No qualification applies to all of the offices consolidated; and
(b) The board finds that sufficient personnel possessing the qualifications required are employed in the consolidated office to assure that decisions made by the occupant of the office are based upon competent professional advice.
This section does not permit the occupant of such consolidated office to practice any profession or trade for the practice of which a license, permit or registration is required without such license, permit, or registration.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1209.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24306.5.

24306.5. In any county with a population of over 1,350,000 and not over 1,420,000 as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, the board of supervisors may consolidate pursuant to ordinance or charter two or more offices, including the office of health officer, in order to integrate the delivery of health-related services within the county. The occupant of the consolidated office need not possess any of the particular qualifications required of the occupant of any of the separate offices that are consolidated if:
(a) No qualification applies to all of the offices consolidated; and
(b) The board finds that sufficient personnel possessing the particular qualifications required are employed in the consolidated office to assure that decisions made by the occupant of the office are based upon competent professional advice. The enforcement duties described in Sections 101030 and 101040 of the Health and Safety Code shall be discharged by a licensed physician and surgeon with the title of health officer. The health officer’s enforcement responsibility is limited to decisions requiring technical medical judgments.
This section does not permit the occupant of the consolidated office to practice any profession or trade for the practice of which a license, permit or registration is required without the license, permit, or registration.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 92. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24307.

24307. In any county having a population of 4,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors may designate any county officer as responsible for all or any of the functions of acquiring, constructing, leasing, managing and maintaining public buildings and facilities, which may be consolidated into a single department or other organizational unit.
Such responsible county officer shall not be required to have any special permit, registration, or license, provided that if such functions include the practice of any profession or trade for which a license, permit or registration is required, then the individual directly involved in such practice shall possess or act only under the supervision of someone who possesses the appropriate license, permit, or registration.
Where such responsibility is designated as described in this section, civil engineering work done for the county in the performance of such functions shall be accomplished under the authority of the responsible officer acting through a registered civil engineer. Responsibility for other civil engineering work shall remain with those officers currently designated.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 181.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation of Offices › Section 24308.

24308. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 24300 and 24304, the board of supervisors of any county may organize, pursuant to ordinance or charter, the delivery of any services for which county government is responsible under state law, into departments or agencies that provide multiple services, except those duties and responsibilities of other elected county officials mandated by the California Constitution or by statute. Any county board of supervisors that elects to organize the delivery of services may consolidate, integrate, or separate duties and functions of county offices and organizational units within departments, to the extent deemed necessary by the board of supervisors.
(b) All personnel, including the heads of units within departments organized pursuant to this section and formed from units formerly within other county departments, shall possess the particular qualifications required by the statutes governing provision of the services provided by those departments. These qualifications include standards of education and experience to assure competence appropriate for the direction of the departments or the local administration of county functions.
(c) This section shall not permit the occupant of a consolidated, integrated, or separated office to practice any profession or trade for the practice of which a license, permit, or registration is required, without that license, permit, or registration.
(d) This section shall not be construed to affect any other statutory or regulatory provision governing county services or programs, however reorganized or renamed, except for the organizational requirements specified in this section. In no case may a state department or agency reject a county plan required by the Health and Safety Code or the Welfare and Institutions Code or regulations enacted pursuant to either of those codes or impose sanctions for any program or service due to the organization or reorganization of county departments as authorized under this section or Division 5 (commencing with Section 33200). Prior to taking action to reject a county plan or impose sanctions, the department or agency shall inform the county board of supervisors in writing of the deficiency.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 309, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24350.

24350. Each salaried officer of a county shall charge and collect for the use of his or her county and pay into the county treasury on or before the fifth day of each month the fees allowed by law in all cases, except those or a percentage of them allowed him or her, and those which are a charge against the county. No salaried officer who collects fees pursuant to this section shall be required to accept coin in payment of those fees.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 28. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24351.

24351. Unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, each officer of a county shall on the certificate of the auditor immediately deposit in the county treasury all trust money coming into the officer’s possession officially. Trust money so deposited shall be withdrawn only on a warrant issued by the county auditor drawn upon requisition of the officer depositing the money.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 29. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)