Gov. Code, § 12279 · Article 7. State Records Management Act

Gov. Code, § 12279

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If a record of a state agency has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the Secretary of State may acquire the right to reproduce any portion of a public record plant as is necessary for the purpose of restoring or replacing the record or its substance.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 24. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.

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=GOV&sectionNum=12279.
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