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California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A person who leaves his or her home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes merely, with the intention of returning, does not lose his or her domicile.

(b) A person does not gain a domicile in any precinct into which he or she comes for temporary purposes merely, without the intention of making that precinct his or her home.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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