Article 8. Transportation Of Prisoners of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.

The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may enter into a contract pursuant to this article.

The contract may provide, with respect to any situation in which, under the law, a sheriff is authorized to transport a prisoner from the sheriff's own county to a point in another county, or is authorized to take a prisoner into custody in another county and transport him to the sheriff's own county, that a sheriff of either of the contracting counties shall perform such function.

In any case in which a sheriff, acting pursuant to a contract entered into under this article, takes a prisoner into custody and transports him, such action shall be deemed lawful to the same extent as if he were the sheriff for whom he is performing such service.

A contract entered into under this article shall provide for compensation to the county whose sheriff is performing the service by the county for whose sheriff the service is performed, in an amount approximating the cost of the service.