California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Vacancies

• Section 1770.
  An office becomes vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term:(a) The death of the incumbent.(b) An adjudication pursuant...
• Section 1770.1.
  The disqualification from holding office upon conviction, as provided in Section 1021, or the forfeiture of office upon conviction, as provided in subdivision (h) of...
• Section 1770.2.
  Upon the entry of a plea of guilty, the entry of a plea of nolo contendere, or the rendering of a verdict of a guilty...
• Section 1771.
  (a) When an officer is removed, declared insane, or convicted of a felony or offense involving a violation of his or her official duty, or when...
• Section 1772.
  When any office becomes vacant and no mode is provided by law for filling the vacancy, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by granting a...
• Section 1773.
  When a vacancy occurs in the office of Representative to Congress, or in either house of the Legislature, the Governor shall within 14 calendar days...
• Section 1773.5.
  In addition to any other applicable provision of law, a vacancy occurs in the office of Representative in Congress in the event of his or...
• Section 1774.
  (a) When an office, the appointment to which is vested in the Governor and Senate, either becomes vacant or the term of the incumbent thereof expires,...
• Section 1774.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the appointment by the Governor of a person to a public office is subject to confirmation by the...
• Section 1774.2.
  (a) For any person whose term of office expires prior to Senate confirmation and who is reappointed to that office, the time served prior to, as...
• Section 1774.3.
  With respect to any body or entity having more than one member, including, but not limited to, a board, commission, or committee, “office” includes every...
• Section 1774.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person holding an office which is deemed to be vacant pursuant to Section 1774 may, after the time...
• Section 1774.7.
  (a) Sections 1774, 1774.2, 1774.3, and 1774.5 shall apply to any person appointed, or reappointed, prior to, or on or after, January 1, 1981, except as...
• Section 1775.
  Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, or Attorney General,...
• Section 1776.
  Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, when a person is appointed by the Governor, or by the Governor by and with the advice and...
• Section 1777.
  After filing his official oath and bond, any person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy possesses all the rights and powers and is subject...
• Section 1778.
  A vacancy in any appointive office on the governing board of a special district shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors of...
• Section 1779.
  A vacancy on any appointed governing board of a special district shall be filled by the appointing authority within 90 days immediately subsequent to its...
• Section 1780.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in any elective office on the governing board of a special district, other than those specified in...
• Section 1781.
  The provisions of Section 1780 shall not apply to a school district, a district organized pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 11501) of the...
• Section 1782.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, whenever a vacancy occurs on a state board or commission, or a seat on a board or commission...

Last modified: October 22, 2018