Section 1363 Of Article 4. Oath Of Office From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Unless otherwise provided, every oath of office certified
by the officer before whom it was taken shall be filed within the
time required as follows:
(1) The oath of all officers whose authority is not limited to any
particular county, in the office of the Secretary of State.
(2) The oath of all officers elected or appointed for any county,
and, except as provided in paragraph (4), of all officers whose
duties are local, or whose residence in any particular county is
prescribed by law, in the office of the county clerk of their
respective counties.
(3) Each judge of a superior court, the county clerk, the clerk of
the court, the executive officer or court administrator of the
superior court, and the recorder shall file a copy of his or her
official oath, signed with his or her own proper signature, in the
office of the Secretary of State as soon as he or she has taken and
subscribed his or her oath.
(4) The oath of all officers for any independent special district,
as defined in Section 56044, in the office of the clerk or secretary
of that district.
(b) (1) In its discretion, the board of supervisors of a county
may require every elected or appointed officer or department head of
that county who legally changes his or her name, delegated authority,
or department, within 10 days from the date of the change, to file a
new oath of office in the same manner as the original filing. The
county may maintain a record of each person so required to file a new
oath of office indicating whether or not the person has complied.
Any record maintained pursuant to this paragraph is a public record
subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7).
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to,
Sections 1368 and 1369, failure of an elected or appointed officer or
department head of a county to file a new oath of office required by
the board of supervisors pursuant to this subdivision shall not be
punishable as a crime.
(c) Every oath of office filed pursuant to this section with the
Secretary of State shall include the expiration date of the officer's
term of office, if any. In the case of an oath of office for an
appointed officer, if there is no expiration date set forth in the
oath, or the officer leaves office before the expiration date, the
appointing authority shall report in writing to the Secretary of
State the officer's date of departure from office.
(d) The powers of an appointed officer of a county are no longer
granted upon the officer's departure from office. In its discretion,
the board of supervisors of a county may require the appointing
authority to rescind these powers in writing by filing a revocation
in the same manner as the oath of office was filed.