Elec. Code, § 16501 · Article 1. Contest Procedures at General Elections
Elec. Code, § 16501
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The clerk of the superior court shall thereupon issue a citation for the defendant to appear at the time and place specified in the order, which citation shall be delivered to the sheriff and served upon the party at least five days before the time so specified, by either of the following methods:
(a) Personally.
(b) If the party cannot be found, by leaving a copy at the house where he or she last resided.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 59. Effective September 30, 1996.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=16501.
- Text hash
- sha256 9df088cf0fbc28b88bd29b32fea0c4b9f219475c3e5b3d0927a23b088600d29e
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.