Article 7. Deputies And Subordinates of California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.

All assistants, deputies, and other subordinate officers, whose appointments are not otherwise provided for, shall be appointed by the officer or body to whom they are respectively subordinate.

When not otherwise provided for, the appointment of deputies and other subordinate officers shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the appointing power or the office of its clerk.

When not otherwise provided for, within 10 days after receiving notice of their appointment, deputies and other subordinate officers shall take and file an oath in the manner required of their principals.

When the number of deputies or other subordinate officers is not fixed by law, it is limited only by the discretion of the appointing power.

When not otherwise provided for, each deputy possesses the powers and may perform the duties attached by law to the office of his principal.

Every officer of the state, or of any county, city, or judicial district who accepts, keeps, retains or diverts for his own use or the use of any other person any part of the salary or fees allowed by law to his deputy, or other subordinate officer, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years.