California Government Code CHAPTER 2 - City Clerk

• Section 40801.
  The city clerk shall keep an accurate record of the proceeding of the legislative body and the board of equalization in books bearing appropriate titles...
• Section 40802.
  The city clerk is the accounting officer of the city and shall maintain records readily reflecting the financial condition of the city.(Added by Stats. 1949,...
• Section 40804.
  The city clerk shall cause a summary of the city’s financial report required by Section 53891, in a form prescribed by the State Controller, to...
• Section 40805.
  The report shall be published or posted consistent with the timelines established in Section 53891 after the close of the fiscal year for which the...
• Section 40805.5.
  The financial and accounting duties imposed upon the city clerk by Sections 40802 through 40805 may be transferred to a director of finance when such...
• Section 40806.
  The city clerk shall keep a book marked “ordinances” and record in it all city ordinances with his certificate annexed to each, stating:(a) It is a...
• Section 40807.
  The record with the certificate is prima facie evidence of the contents of each ordinance and of its passage and publication. It is admissible as...
• Section 40808.
  The official city records in the custody of the city clerk shall not be filed in any court proceeding or other action but shall be...
• Section 40809.
  This article does not prevent the proof of the passage and publication of ordinances in the usual way.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 40810.
  The city clerk is the ex officio assessor unless the legislative body provides for the assessment and collection of city taxes by county officers or...
• Section 40811.
  The city clerk is the custodian of the city seal.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 40812.
  He shall perform such additional duties as are prescribed by ordinance.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 628.)
• Section 40813.
  The city clerk may appoint deputies, for whose acts he and his bondsmen are responsible. The deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the...
• Section 40814.
  The city clerk and his deputies may administer oaths or affirmations and take and certify affidavits and depositions pertaining to city affairs and business which...

Last modified: October 22, 2018