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Cal. Government Code § 24000 (2026)

County Officers

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The officers of a county are:

(a)A district attorney.

(b)A sheriff.

(c)A county clerk.

(d)A controller.

(e)An auditor, who shall be ex officio controller.

(f)A treasurer.

(g)A recorder.

(h)A license collector.

(i)A tax collector, who shall be ex officio license collector.

(j)An assessor.

(k)A superintendent of schools.

(l)A public administrator.

(m)A coroner.

(n)A surveyor.

(o)Members of the board of supervisors.

(p)A county veterinarian.

(q)A fish and game warden.

(r)A county librarian.

(s)A county health officer.

(t)An administrative officer.

(u)A director of finance.

(v)A road commissioner.

(w)A public guardian.

(x)A chief probation officer.

(y)Such other officers as are provided by law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1952–2024 · leading case: Venegas v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 87 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2004).
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Venegas v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 87 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2004). · cites it 4× “(c)), who are listed as county officers (Gov. Code, § 24000, subd. (a)), are generally ineligible to hold office unless they are registered voters of the county in which they perform their duties (Gov.”
Pitts v. Cnty. of Kern, 949 P.2d 920 (Cal. 1998). · cites it 6× “However, the fact that the district attorney's authority is territorially limited is by no means dispositive.”
Thomas Goldstein v. City of Long Beach, 715 F.3d 750 (9th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “” Cal. Gov. Code § 24000 . This is also reflected in Article XI of the California Constitution, “Local Government,” under which “[t]he Legislature shall provide for county powers, an elected county sheriff, an elected district attorney, an elected assessor, and an elected…”
Abbott Labs. v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty., 24 Cal. App. 5th 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “(b) ) and by statute ( Gov. Code, § 24000 ) as a county officer.”
City of Atascadero v. Merill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 68 Cal. App. 4th 445 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999). “[Gov. Code, § 24000, subd. (f)]. ... In its landmark case defining public/county officers, the California Supreme Court held: [U] ‘A public officer is a public agent, and as such acts only on behalf of his principal, the public, whose sanction is generally considered as…”
Thomas Brewster v. Shasta Cnty., 275 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2001). “Sheriff vacancies are filled in the same manner as other elective county officers. Id. (citing Cal.”
People v. Parmar, 86 Cal. App. 4th 781 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “) The district attorney’s office is funded with county funds pursuant to the county budget established by the board of supervisors and, except as otherwise provided by law, is limited in the making of expenditures or the incurring of liabilities to the amount of appropriations…”
Penrod v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, 126 Cal. App. 4th 185 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “) Government Code section 24000, subdivision (b), enumerates county officers, including the sheriff.”
Carmel Valley Fire Prot. v. State of Calif., 190 Cal. App. 3d 521 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “(Gov. Code, §§ 24000, subds. (d), (e), 26880; L.”
PEOPLE ex rel. KERR v. Cnty. of Orange, 106 Cal. App. 4th 914 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003). “” Applicable general law: Government Code sections 24000 (listing various officers as “officers of a county,” including sheriff, district attorney, and assessor); 24009 (unless voters approve a proposal to make the positions appointed, “the county officers to be elected by the…”
Cnty. of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, 222 Cal. App. 4th 434 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). “) In Los Angeles County the Office of the Public Guardian, a division of the Department of Mental Health, acts as conservatorship investigator and conservator for individuals who are seriously *440 and persistently mentally ill and in need of involuntary mental health treatment,…”
Connolly v. Cnty. of Orange, 824 P.2d 1105 (Cal. 1992). “The jurisdictional claim is also one which may be raised on appeal.”
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Cal. Government Code § 24000(b): 3 cases
Thomas Brewster v. Shasta Cnty., 275 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2001). “Sheriff vacancies are filled in the same manner as other elective county officers. Id. (citing Cal.”
Streit v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 236 F.3d 552 (9th Cir. 2001).
Von Colln v. Cnty. of Ventura, 189 F.R.D. 583 (C.D. Cal. 1999).
Cal. Government Code § 24000(f): 2 cases
Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Cnty. of Orange (In re Cnty. of Orange), 183 B.R. 609 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1995).
In re Cnty. of Orange, 183 B.R. 594 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1995).
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