California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Duties

• Section 12159.
  The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record of the official acts of the legislative and executive departments of the government, and shall, when...
• Section 12160.
  The Secretary of State is charged with custody of:(a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution.(b) All acts and resolutions passed by the Legislature.(c) The Journals of the Legislature.(d) The...
• Section 12161.
  The Secretary of State shall attend at every session of the Legislature, for the purpose of receiving bills and resolutions and perform such other duties...
• Section 12162.
  The Secretary of State shall keep a register and attest the official acts of the Governor and shall affix the Great Seal, with his attestation,...
• Section 12163.
  The Secretary of State shall receive and record in proper books the official bonds of all officers whose bonds are required by law to be...
• Section 12164.
  The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made to the state, except (1) evidences of title acquired for state highway purposes and retained by...
• Section 12165.
  The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the result of all elections upon any question submitted to the electors of the State by either...
• Section 12166.
  Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office his...
• Section 12167.
  Within 60 days after the day on which a general election is held throughout the State, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State...
• Section 12168.
  On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to any person paying the fees therefor, a certified copy of all or any part of any...
• Section 12168.5.
  (a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law, in lieu of filing or recording documents presented in paper format, the Secretary of State may adopt...
• Section 12168.7.
  (a) The California Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt uniform statewide standards for the purpose of storing and recording permanent documents in electronic media.(b) In order...
• Section 12169.
  The Secretary of State shall file in his office descriptions of seals in use by the different State officers and furnish such officers with new...
• Section 12170.
  On or before the fifteenth day of September in each even numbered year, the Secretary of State shall report to the Governor a detailed account...
• Section 12171.
  The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a complete list of all districts for which certificates or copies of orders, ordinances or resolutions declaring...
• Section 12172.
  The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the proponents of an initiative measure which is to be submitted to the voters of the...
• Section 12172.3.
  The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s Internet Web site and include in the pamphlet developed pursuant to Section 9018 of the Elections...
• Section 12172.5.
  (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and shall administer the provisions of the Elections Code. The Secretary of State...
• Section 12173.
  (a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and enhance the availability and accessibility of information on statewide candidates and...
• Section 12174.
  (a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the Secretary of State and State Archives Building Complex located in Sacramento in the area...
• Section 12175.
  The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book. There shall be entered in the book all fees, commissions, and compensation of whatever nature or...
• Section 12176.
  (a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil...
• Section 12177.
  For services performed in his or her office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.(Added by Stats. 1999,...
• Section 12178.
  No member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for any search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of his or her...
• Section 12178.1.
  (a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other...
• Section 12179.
  The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.(Added by Stats....
• Section 12179.1.
  The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dollars ($10).A fee shall not be charged for attesting...

Last modified: October 22, 2018