Section 27443 Of Chapter 9. Public Administrator From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 9.
27443
. Every person holding the office of public administrator,
public guardian, or public conservator and any deputy or agent of
such officer is guilty of a crime who:
(a) Purchases, directly or indirectly, the property of any estate
or a claim against any estate administered by any public
administrator, public guardian, or public conservator in his official
capacity, or
(b) Acts upon any transaction or expenditure in connection with
the administration of an estate by the public administrator, public
guardian, or public conservator in his official capacity, when he has
a financial interest in such transaction or expenditure, or, having
knowledge of such interest, is associated in business with anyone who
has such an interest.
Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not be applicable to any act
specifically authorized by court order.
Any violation of this section is punishable by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of
Section 1170 of the Penal Code. Upon conviction of this section a
person forfeits his office. This section is not intended to preclude
prosecution under any other provisions of the criminal law which are
otherwise applicable.