Section 414 Of Article 1. Funds, Arms, And Equipment From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 1.
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. Every officer and enlisted man or woman to whom public
property has been issued shall be personally responsible to the state
for that property. No one shall be relieved from this
responsibility, unless it is shown, to the satisfaction of the
Governor, that the loss or destruction of the property was
unavoidable and in no way the fault of the person responsible for the
loss. In all other cases the value of the property lost or
destroyed, in the amount determined by a surveying officer or a board
as herein provided, shall be charged against the person at fault or,
with the concurrence of the appropriate commanding officer, against
the command to or for which it had been issued, and if not relieved
from the charge by the Governor, there shall be an indebtedness from
that person or command to the state.