Section 989 Of Chapter 2. Powers And Duties Of Boards Of Supervisors From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) (1) Upon the incorporation of a city or upon the
annexation of territory to a city, all right, title, and interest of
the county, including the underlying fee where owned by the county,
in and to any county highway within the territory involved, which had
been accepted into the county road system pursuant to Section 941
shall vest in the city and shall thereupon constitute a city street.
(2) All right, title, and interest of a county in and to any
county highway included within territory heretofore incorporated as a
city or annexed to a city is hereby determined to have vested in the
city as a city street.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a road or highway which had
been accepted into the county road system pursuant to Section 941
after the date of the first signature on a petition for annexation or
incorporation, the adoption of a resolution of application by an
affected local agency, or a date mutually agreed upon by the city and
county.
(c) Nothing in subdivision (a) requires a city to improve the
affected road or highway to city standards.