Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 Seal

Sections: 1.08.010 City seal adoption—Description. 1.08.020 City seal—Codification—Description. 1.08.030 City seal—Unauthorized use. 1.08.040 City seal—Unlawful uses. 1.08.050 City seal—Violation—Penalties. 1.08.060 City seal—Custody.

The common seal of the city is adopted and described as follows: Cornucopia proper showing a profusion of fruit above with the word “Incorporated” and underneath it the words “January 11, 1898,” surrounded by the inscription “City of Bakersfield, Kern County, California.” (Ord. 4280 § 1, 2005; prior code § 1.04.010)

The city council does hereby codify the corporate seal of the city with lettering, form, arrangement and design all as set forth and shown as follows:

(Ord. 4280 § 2, 2005)

No person shall maliciously or for commercial purposes use or allow to be used for any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the city in any manner whatsoever, provided that the city council may by resolution permit the use of a reproduction or facsimile of the city seal when the council deems it to be in the public interest. (Ord. 4280 § 2, 2005)

It is unlawful for any person to make or use the seal of the city or any cut, facsimile or reproduction of the seal, or to make or use any seal or any design which is an imitation of the seal, or of the design thereof, which may be mistaken for the seal of the city by an ordinary reasonable person, for any purpose other than for city purposes without the express consent of the city council.

This section does not apply to the use of the seal of the city on stationery by current elected officials. (Ord. 4280 § 2, 2005)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 4280 § 2, 2005)

The city clerk shall have official custody of the official seal of the city. (Ord. 4280 § 2, 2005)