Section 26776 Of Article 8. Transportation Of Prisoners From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.

. 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.