Gov. Code, § 26542 · Article 3. Restrictions
Gov. Code, § 26542
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If the office of district attorney is vacant the duties of the office may be temporarily discharged by a chief deputy district attorney, assistant or deputy district attorney, as the case may be, next in authority to the district attorney, in office at the time the vacancy occurs, with like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as the district attorney, until the vacancy in the office is filled in the manner provided by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 73.
Source of truth
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- 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§ionNum=26542.
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