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DIVISION 16. ELECTIONS CONTESTS 16000-16940›CHAPTER 6. Elections Official’s Duties 16500-16540›ARTICLE 2. Contest Procedures at Primary Elections: Contests Other Than Recount 16520-16521

§ 16521

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The clerk of the superior court, after an order setting a contest for trial, shall issue a citation to both parties containing a copy of the order. He or she shall deliver it to the sheriff who shall serve it either upon the parties or leave it at the residences named in the affidavits of registration of the parties.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 63. Effective September 30, 1996.)

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