Gov. Code, § 40602 · Chapter 1. Mayor
Gov. Code, § 40602
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The mayor shall sign:
(a) All warrants drawn on the city treasurer.
(b) All written contracts and conveyances made or entered into by the city.
(c) All instruments requiring the city seal.
The legislative body may provide by ordinance that the instruments described in (a), (b) and (c) be signed by an officer other than the mayor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 633.
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§ionNum=40602.
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- 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
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