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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27375.

27375. The fee for taking an acknowledgment of any instrument is seventy-five cents ($0.75).
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27379.

27379. The fee for administering and certifying each oath or affirmation is fifty cents ($0.50).
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27380.

27380. The fee for filing, indexing, and keeping each paper not required by law to be recorded is three dollars ($3).
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27381.

27381. No charge or fee shall be made for recording, indexing, or issuing certified copies of any discharge, certificate of service, certificate of satisfactory service, report of separation, or notice of separation of any soldier, sailor, marine, airman, or guardian, separated, released, or discharged from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard of the United States, Women’s Army Corps, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, Women’s Reserve of Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or from the Army and Navy Nurse Corps.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 379, Sec. 10. (AB 1715) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27383.

27383. No fee shall be charged by the recorder for services rendered to the State, to any municipality, county in the State or other political subdivision thereof, except for making a copy of a paper or record.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 488.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27387.

27387. In addition to any other fee, the county recorder shall collect a fee from any lienor, other than a governmental entity, for the recordation of an abstract of judgment or other document creating an involuntary lien within the meaning of Section 27297.5 affecting title to real property. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost to the recorder of providing the notice required by Section 27297.5.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 146.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27387.1.

27387.1. (a) In addition to any other recording fee, the recorder, pursuant to Section 27297.6, may collect a fee from the party filing a deed, quitclaim deed, deed of trust, notice of default, or notice of sale, unless that party is a government entity. The fee shall not exceed the mailing cost of the notice specified in Section 27297.6 and the actual cost to provide information, counseling, or assistance to a person who receives the notice, not to exceed seven dollars ($7).
(b) The actual costs comprising the fee described in subdivision (a) may include administrative costs incurred by the recorder in performing the actions described in that subdivision. However, the administrative costs shall not exceed 10 percent of the total fee collected pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2030, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 65, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2019, Ch. 165, Sec. 3. (AB 1106) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2019, Ch. 165.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27387.1.

27387.1. (a) In addition to any other recording fee, the recorder may collect a fee from the party filing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust, other than a government entity, pursuant to Section 27297.6. The fee shall not exceed the mailing cost of the notice specified in Section 27297.6, not to exceed seven dollars ($7).
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2030.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 65, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2019, Ch. 165, Sec. 4. (AB 1106) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27388.2.

27388.2. (a) In addition to all other fees authorized by this section, a county recorder may charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for recording the first page of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded per each single transaction per parcel of real property, except those expressly exempted from payment of recording fees, as authorized by each county’s board of supervisors and in accordance with applicable constitutional requirements. The funds generated by this fee shall be used only by the county recorder collecting the fee for the purpose of implementing a restrictive covenant program pursuant to Section 12956.3. “Real estate instrument, paper, or notice” means a document relating to real property, including, but not limited to, the following: deed, grant deed, trustee’s deed, deed of trust, reconveyance, quit claim deed, fictitious deed of trust, assignment of deed of trust, request for notice of default, abstract of judgment, subordination agreement, declaration of homestead, abandonment of homestead, notice of default, release or discharge, easement, notice of trustee sale, notice of completion, UCC financing statement, mechanic’s lien, maps, and covenants, conditions, and restrictions.
(b) The fee described in subdivision (a) shall not be imposed on any of the following documents:
(1) Any real estate instrument, paper, or notice recorded in connection with a transfer subject to the imposition of a documentary transfer tax, as defined in Section 11911 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) Any real estate instrument, paper, or notice recorded in connection with a transfer of real property that is a residential dwelling to an owner-occupier.
(3) Any real estate instrument, paper, or notice executed or recorded by the federal government in accordance with the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (Title 7 (commencing with Section 2100) of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
(4) Any real estate instrument, paper, or notice executed or recorded by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state.
(c) A county recorder shall not charge the fee described in this section after December 31, 2027, unless the county recorder has received reauthorization by the county’s board of supervisors. A county recorder shall not seek reauthorization of the fee by the board before June 1, 2027, or after December 31, 2027. Any reauthorization period shall not exceed five years.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 420, Sec. 28. (AB 2960) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27390.

27390. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004.
(b) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Authorized submitter” means a party that has entered into a contract with a county recorder pursuant to Section 27391 and is not disqualified pursuant to Section 27395.
(2) “Computer security auditor” means computer security personnel hired to perform an independent audit of the electronic recording delivery system. The computer security auditor shall be independent of the county recorder and the authorized submitter and shall not be the same contractor hired to establish or participate in a county’s electronic recording delivery system or in the authorized submitter’s portion of that system.
(3) “Digital electronic record” means a record containing information that is created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means, but not created in original paper form.
(4) “Digitized electronic record” means a scanned image of the original paper document.
(5) “Electronic recording delivery system” means a system to deliver for recording, and to return to the party requesting recording, digitized or digital electronic records.
(6) “Security testing” means an independent security audit by a computer security auditor, including, but not limited to, attempts to penetrate an electronic recording delivery system for the purpose of testing the security of that system.
(7) “Source code” means a program or set of programs, readable and maintainable by humans, translated or interpreted into a form that the electronic recording delivery system can execute.
(8) “System certification” means the issuance of a confirmation letter regarding a county’s electronic recording delivery system by the Attorney General.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 380, Sec. 2. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27391.

27391. (a) Upon approval by resolution of the board of supervisors and system certification by the Attorney General, a county recorder may establish an electronic recording delivery system.
(b) Upon system certification, a county recorder may enter into a contract with a title insurer as defined in Section 12340.4 of the Insurance Code, underwritten title company as defined in Section 12340.5 of the Insurance Code, institutional lender as defined in paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of subdivision (j) of Section 50003 of the Financial Code, or an entity of local, state, or federal government for the delivery for recording, and return to the party requesting recording, of a digitized electronic record that is an instrument affecting a right, title, or interest in real property. The contract may provide for the delivery of documents by an agent. However, the agent shall not be a vendor of electronic recording delivery systems.
(c) A county recorder may refuse to enter into a contract with any party or may terminate or suspend access to a system for any good faith reason, including, but not limited to, a determination by the county recorder that termination or suspension is necessary to protect the public interest, to protect the integrity of public records, or to protect homeowners from financial harm, or if the volume or quality of instruments submitted by the requester is not sufficient to warrant electronic recordation. A county recorder may also terminate or suspend access to a system if a party commits a substantive breach of the contract, the requirements of this article, or the regulations adopted pursuant to this article.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 27321, a county recorder may require a party electronically submitting records to mail a copy of the recorded electronic document to the address specified in the instructions for mailing upon completion of recording.
(e) When a signature is required to be accompanied by a notary’s seal or stamp, that requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the notary contains all of the following:
(1) The name of the notary.
(2) The words “Notary Public.”
(3) The name of the county where the bond and oath of office of the notary are filed.
(4) The sequential identification number assigned to the notary, if any.
(5) The sequential identification number assigned to the manufacturer or vendor of the notary’s physical or electronic seal, if any.
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 380, Sec. 4. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2017. Section operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27392.

27392. (a) No electronic recording delivery system may become operational without system certification by the Attorney General. The certification shall affirm that the proposed county system conforms to this article and any regulations adopted pursuant to this article, that security testing has confirmed that the system is secure and that the proposed operating procedures are sufficient to assure the continuing security and lawful operation of that system. The certification may include any agreements between the county recorder and the Attorney General as to the operation of the system, including, but not limited to, the nature and frequency of computer security audits. Certification may be withdrawn for good cause.
(b) The Attorney General shall approve software and other services for electronic recording delivery systems pursuant to regulations adopted as described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 27393.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 621, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27393.

27393. (a) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with interested parties, adopt regulations for the review, approval, and oversight of electronic recording delivery systems. Regulations shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3). The regulations shall comply with Section 12168.7.
(b) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Establishment of baseline technological and procedural specifications for electronic recording delivery systems.
(2) Requirements for security, capacity, reliability, and uniformity.
(3) Requirements as to the nature and frequency of computer security audits.
(4) A statement of a detailed and uniform definition of the term “source code” consistent with paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 27390, and as used in this article, and applicable to each county’s electronic recording delivery system.
(5) Requirements for placement of a copy of the operating system, source code, compilers, and all related software associated with each county’s electronic recording delivery system in an approved escrow facility prior to that system’s first use.
(6) Requirements to ensure that substantive modifications to an operating system, compilers, related software, or source code are approved by the Attorney General.
(7) Procedures for initial certification of vendors offering software and other services to counties for electronic recording delivery systems.
(8) Requirements for system certification and for oversight of approved systems.
(9) Requirements for fingerprinting and criminal records checks required by Section 27395, including a list of employment positions or classifications subject to criminal records checks under subdivision (f) of that section.
(10) Requirements for uniform index information that shall be included in every digitized or digital electronic record.
(11) Requirements for protecting proprietary information accessed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 27394 from public disclosure.
(12) Requirements for certification under Section 27397.5.
(c) The Attorney General may promulgate any other regulations necessary to fulfill his or her obligations under this article.
(d) An electronic recording delivery system shall be subject to local inspection and review by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall furnish a statement of any relevant findings associated with a local inspection of an electronic recording delivery system, to the county recorder and the district attorney of the affected county, and to all technology vendors associated with that system.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 380, Sec. 6. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2017. Section operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27395.

27395. (a) No person shall be a computer security auditor or be granted secure access to an electronic recording delivery system if he or she has been convicted of a felony, has been convicted of a misdemeanor related to theft, fraud, or a crime of moral turpitude, or if he or she has pending criminal charges for any of these crimes. A plea of guilty or no contest, a verdict resulting in conviction, or the forfeiture of bail, shall be a conviction within the meaning of this section, irrespective of a subsequent order under Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code.
(b) All persons entrusted with secure access to an electronic recording delivery system shall submit fingerprints to the Attorney General for a criminal records check according to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 27393.
(c) (1) The Attorney General shall submit to the Department of Justice the fingerprint images and related information of persons with secure access to the electronic recording delivery system and computer security auditors for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and nature of a record of state or federal convictions and arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the applicant was released on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending trial.
(2) The Department of Justice shall respond to the Attorney General for criminal offender record information requests submitted pursuant to this section, with information as delineated in subdivision (l) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.
(3) The Department of Justice shall forward requests from the Attorney General to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal summary criminal history information pursuant to this section.
(4) The Attorney General shall review and compile the information from the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether a person is eligible to access an electronic recording delivery system pursuant to this article.
(5) The Attorney General shall request subsequent arrest notification service, pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code, for all persons with secure access to the electronic recording delivery system and all computer security auditors.
(d) The Attorney General shall deliver written notification of an individual’s ineligibility for access to an electronic recording delivery system to the individual, his or her known employer, the computer security auditor, and the county recorder.
(e) The Department of Justice shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of processing a state or federal criminal offender record information request and any other costs incurred pursuant to this section.
(f) The Attorney General shall define “secure access” by regulation and by agreement with the county recorder in the system certification.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27396.

27396. (a) The Attorney General shall monitor the security of electronic recording delivery systems statewide, in close cooperation with county recorders and public prosecutors. In the event of an emergency involving multiple fraudulent transactions linked to one county’s use of an electronic recording delivery system, the Attorney General may order the suspension of electronic recording delivery systems in any county or in multiple counties, if necessary to protect the security of the system, for a period of up to seven court days. The Attorney General may seek an order from the superior court if it is necessary to extend this order.
(b) (1) The Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city prosecutor may bring an action in the name of the people of the state seeking declaratory or injunctive relief, restitution for damages or economic loss, rescission, or other equitable relief pertaining to any alleged violation of this article or regulations adopted pursuant to this article. Injunctive relief may include, but is not limited to, an order suspending a party from participation in the electronic recording delivery system, on a temporary or permanent basis.
(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city prosecutor from seeking legal or equitable relief under any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 621, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27397.

27397. (a) A county establishing an electronic recording delivery system pursuant to this article shall pay for the direct cost of regulation and oversight by the Attorney General.
(b) The Attorney General may charge a fee directly to a vendor seeking approval of software and other services as part of an electronic recording delivery system. The fee shall not exceed the reasonable costs of approving software or other services for vendors.
(c) In order to pay costs under this section, a county may do any of the following:
(1) Impose a fee in an amount up to and including one dollar ($1) for each instrument, paper, or notice that is recorded by the county. This fee may, at the county’s discretion, be limited to instruments, papers, or notices that are recorded pursuant to the electronic recording delivery system.
(2) Impose a fee upon any vendor seeking approval of software and other services as part of an electronic recording delivery system.
(3) Impose a fee upon any person seeking to contract as an authorized submitter.
(d) The total fees assessed by a county recorder pursuant to this section may not exceed the reasonable total costs of the electronic recording delivery system, the review and approval of vendors and potential authorized submitters, security testing as required by this article and the regulations of the Attorney General, and reimbursement to the Attorney General for regulation and oversight of the electronic recording delivery system.
(e) Fees paid to the Attorney General pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be deposited in the Electronic Recording Authorization Fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury, and, notwithstanding Section 13340, is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Attorney General for the costs described in those subdivisions. Moneys deposited in the Electronic Recording Authorization Account prior to the effective date of the amendments to this subdivision made during the 2015 Regular Session shall be immediately transferred to the Electronic Recording Authorization Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 14. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27397.5.

27397.5. (a) A county recorder may include in the county’s electronic recording delivery system a secure method for accepting for recording a digital or digitized electronic record that is an instrument of reconveyance, substitution of trustee, or assignment of deed of trust.
(b) A county recorder may contract with a title insurer, as defined in Section 12340.4 of the Insurance Code, underwritten title company, as defined in Section 12340.5 of the Insurance Code, an entity of state, local, or federal government, or an institutional lender, as defined in Section 50003 of the Financial Code, or their authorized agents, to be an authorized submitter of the documents specified in subdivision (a).
(c) With respect to the electronic submission of the records described in subdivision (a), the requirements that an authorized submitter be subject to a security audit under Section 27394 and a criminal records check under Section 27395 shall not apply where the certification requirements of subdivision (d) have been met.
(d) (1) In order for subdivision (c) to apply, the county recorder and the Attorney General shall certify that the method of submission allowed under the system will not permit an authorized submitter or its employees and agents, or any third party, to modify, manipulate, insert, or delete information in the public record, maintained by the county recorder, or information in electronic records submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 27391.
(2) Certification under this section may be withdrawn by either the county recorder or the Attorney General at any time either determines that the requirements of this subdivision are not met.
(e) For purposes of this section, an agent of an authorized submitter shall not include a vendor of electronic recording delivery systems.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 621, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27398.

27398. (a) The Attorney General shall conduct an evaluation of electronic recording delivery systems authorized by this article, and report to both houses of the Legislature on or before June 30, 2009.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the evaluation include an analysis of costs, cost savings, security and real estate fraud prevention, and recommendations as to improvements and possible expansion of the provisions of this article.
(c) The evaluation shall also include a study of the feasibility of expanding the provisions of this article to cover the delivery, recording, and return of other electronic records.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 621, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 › Section 27399.

27399. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any state agency to administer any of the processes or procedures relating to the business of the county recorders of the state in any manner not otherwise specifically set forth in this article.
(b) The authority granted in this article is in addition to any other authority or obligation under state or federal law.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal or affect Section 27279, 27279.1, 27279.2, 27297.6, 27387.1, or 27399.7, or the authority of the Counties of Orange and San Bernardino to act under those provisions.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 621, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 7 - Tax Collector › Section 27400.

27400. The tax-collector is ex officio license-collector, and as license-collector shall collect all county licenses and perform the duties prescribed by law and by the ordinances of 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 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 7 - Tax Collector › Section 27401.

27401. At least once a month the tax collector shall pay the public money in his hands into the county treasury, taking the receipt of the treasurer therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8 - Assessor › Section 27421.

27421. The county assessor in each county who is designated to perform the duty of assessing property for a local taxing jurisdiction shall, upon request of the governing body of such jurisdiction, excluding a school district, furnish not later than May 15th of each year an estimate of the assessed valuation of property within such jurisdiction for the succeeding fiscal year. Such request shall be made on or before February 20th of each year. The estimate required herein shall contain estimates of the total of each of the items contained on the assessment roll as well as the estimated total valuation.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 868.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8 - Assessor › Section 27422.

27422. The assessor shall not hold the office of tax collector or auditor, whether it is an appointive or elective office, at the same time he holds the office of assessor.
This section shall become operative on January 6, 1969.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 147.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27430.

27430. (a) In any county the board of supervisors may by ordinance create the office of public guardian and subordinate positions which may be necessary and fix compensation therefor.
(b) The board of supervisors may by ordinance terminate the office of public guardian.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27431.

27431. (a) The board of supervisors may appoint a public guardian to fill the office and provide for appointment to the subordinate positions.
(b) In appointing the public guardian, the board of supervisors may give preference to the person or agency providing public guardian services in each county. No person or agency shall be designated as public guardian whose agency functions present real conflict with the functions of conservatorship investigation or administration.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27432.

27432. (a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance designate that the public administrator is ex officio public guardian.
(b) If the board of supervisors has not designated the public administrator as ex officio public guardian, but has appointed another public guardian, it may terminate the appointment and may by ordinance designate that the public administrator is ex officio public guardian and all authority vests in the successor.
(c) If the public administrator has been designated ex officio public guardian, the board of supervisors may by ordinance terminate the designation and appoint another public guardian and all authority vests in the successor.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27433.

27433. The authority of the public guardian or ex officio public guardian ceases upon the termination of his or her tenure in office as public guardian or ex officio public guardian and his or her authority vests in his or her successor. If letters have been issued to “the public guardian” of the county, the letters are sufficient to authorize action by the successor and new letters need not be issued.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27434.

27434. The public guardian shall give an official bond in an amount fixed, from time to time, by the board of supervisors. The bond shall be for the joint benefit of the guardianship or conservatorship estates and the county. The public guardian may not be required to give a bond in an individual estate.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27435.

27435. (a) Necessary expenses of the public guardian in the conduct of any guardianship or any conservatorship estate may be advanced by the county. If so ordered by the board of supervisors, those expenses are a county charge, but the county shall be reimbursed therefor out of funds or property of the estate by the public guardian as soon as, and to the extent that, funds or property become available.
(b) As a means of advancing necessary expenses of a public guardian, the county board of supervisors may establish a revolving fund to be used by the public guardian. The revolving fund shall be established pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 29460) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of Title 3.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 8.5 - Public Guardian › Section 27436.

27436. The board of supervisors may designate who shall be authorized as public representative payee, and designate the public guardian to collect any fees authorized by the board of supervisors for public representative payee services.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 17. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator › Section 27440.

27440. If the public administrator fails to qualify or fails to perform in person the duties of his office, the coroner shall be ex officio public administrator. If both the public administrator and the coroner fail to qualify or to perform the duties of the office, the board of supervisors shall appoint a suitable person as public administrator. All laws applicable to the qualification, powers, duties, and compensation of the public administrator shall apply to the coroner or appointee of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator › Section 27442.

27442. If the public administrator is salaried and all fees and charges allowed him are paid or turned over to the county, then all fees and charges incurred by him for the benefit of any estate in which the assets prove insufficient therefor are county charges.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 319.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator › Section 27443.

27443. Every person holding the office of public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator and any deputy or agent of such officer is guilty of a crime who:
(a) Purchases, directly or indirectly, the property of any estate or a claim against any estate administered by any public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator in his official capacity, or
(b) Acts upon any transaction or expenditure in connection with the administration of an estate by the public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator in his official capacity, when he has a financial interest in such transaction or expenditure, or, having knowledge of such interest, is associated in business with anyone who has such an interest.
Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not be applicable to any act specifically authorized by court order.
Any violation of this section is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code. Upon conviction of this section a person forfeits his office. This section is not intended to preclude prosecution under any other provisions of the criminal law which are otherwise applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 133. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator › Section 27443.5.

27443.5. Employees in the office of public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator shall be subject to the provisions of Section 27443; provided that, the restrictions of Section 27443 shall apply only with respect to the administration of estates by their employing officer.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1046.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 9 - Public Administrator › Section 27444.

27444. The authority of the public administrator ceases upon termination of his or her tenure in the office of public administrator, and his or her authority vests in the successor in the office of public administrator. If letters have been issued to “the public administrator” of the county, the letters are sufficient to authorize action by the successor and new letters need not be issued.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 18. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27460.

27460. If an inquest is held by the coroner and no other person takes charge of the body of the deceased, he shall cause it to be interred decently.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27461.

27461. In order to inter decently the body of the deceased, the coroner may apply to a judge of the superior court of his county for an order permitting him to: (a) sell summarily any personal property belonging to the deceased, (b) withdraw any money that the deceased has on deposit with any bank, and (c) collect any indebtedness or claim that is owing or due the deceased.
If upon the application it appears to the court by competent evidence that the total value of the estate of the deceased is less than seventy-five dollars ($75), the judge shall make an order granting the application, and there shall be no administration upon the estate of the deceased unless additional estate is found or discovered. No notice of the application need be given and no fee shall be charged by the clerk of the court or coroner for the filing of the application or for any duty or service connected therewith. Upon the sale of the personal property of the deceased or the collection of any money, claim, or indebtedness by the coroner, he shall use the money for expenses of the funeral of the deceased.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27462.

27462. The coroner shall file with the clerk of the court a statement showing the property of the deceased that came into his hands, the amount received from the sale of any personal property, and the disposition of the property of the deceased. He shall also file with the clerk vouchers showing what disposition was made of the property. If there is not sufficient property belonging to the estate of the deceased to pay the necessary expenses of the burial, the expenses are a legal charge against the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27463.

27463. The coroner shall keep an official register, labeled “Coroner’s Register,” with pages numbered, indexed and bound, in which he shall enter:
(a) The name and any aliases of the deceased, when known, including such description as may be sufficient for identification and which may, in his discretion, include fingerprint records.
(b) A narrative summary of the circumstances leading to and surrounding the death, together with names and addresses of any witnesses to such events.
(c) The property taken from the person or premises of the deceased by the coroner or by any other law enforcement agency or officer.
(d) The disposition of any property or moneys so taken.
(e) The cause of death, when known, with reference or direction to the detailed medical reports upon which decision as to cause of death has been based.
(f) Information as to disposition of the remains.
(g) Persons notified of the death, together with a notation of any unsuccessful attempts at notification.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1760.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27463.5.

27463.5. In lieu of the “coroner’s register,” the coroner may keep an official file for each deceased person containing all of the information required by Section 27463. At any time after the completion of the coroner’s investigation, and the closing of the particular case involved, the coroner may photograph or microphotograph the contents of the file in accordance with the provisions of Section 26205, and, when the photographs or microphotographs are placed in conveniently accessible files and provision is made for preserving, examining, and using the same, the original file may be destroyed.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 857.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27464.

27464. Whenever the death of any person shall have been referred to the coroner for investigation, there shall be delivered to the coroner any note, letter or other document apparently written by the deceased which may tend to indicate an intention by the writer to take the writer’s life, including directions for disposition of property or disposal of remains. A facsimile copy thereof shall be placed in the coroner’s records, and, if an inquest be held, a true copy shall be read into the record and transcribed into the notes of the official stenographer. Upon completion of legal proceedings arising from such death, the original instrument shall be delivered by the coroner to the addressee or to the legal representative of the estate of the decedent; provided, however, that if the instrument purports to be testamentary in nature, it shall be filed with the clerk of the court as provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27465.

27465. Within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead body the coroner shall deliver to the legal representatives of the deceased any money or other property found upon the body.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 77, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27466.

27466. If, within 90 days after the inquest, no legal representative makes a demand upon the coroner for the money or property found upon the body of the decedent, the coroner shall deliver to the treasurer any money, and the proceeds of the sale of any property found upon the body. At the same time, the coroner shall deliver an affidavit to the treasurer showing:
(a) The amount of money belonging to the estate of the deceased person which has come into his possession since the coroner’s last statement.
(b) The disposition made of any property.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 77, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27467.

27467. If the coroner fails to deliver to the treasurer within 120 days after any inquest upon a dead body all money and proceeds from the sale of property found upon the body, unless claimed in the meantime by the public administrator or other legal representative of the decedent, the district attorney shall proceed against the coroner to recover the money or proceeds by civil action in the name of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 77, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27468.

27468. If within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead body no legal representative of the decedent demands from the coroner the property found upon the person of the decedent, the coroner shall sell the property at public auction upon reasonable public notice, and immediately thereafter deliver the proceeds of the sale to the treasurer, who shall place them to the credit of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 77, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27469.

27469. In any action or proceeding in which the sheriff is a party, the coroner shall discharge the duties of sheriff.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 10 - Coroner › ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally › Section 27470.

27470. If no private ambulance service other than that operated by a coroner is available, in addition to his salary and other fees allowed by law the coroner may be reimbursed for ambulance services rendered in conveying any person to the county hospital, where the person and the persons responsible for his support are unable to pay for the service.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)