TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7914›DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 1000-3599›CHAPTER 2. Appointments, Nominations, Commissions, and Oaths 1300-1369›ARTICLE 1. General 1300-1304

§ 1303

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

Every person who exercises any function of a public office without taking the oath of office, or without giving the required bond, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

This section does not affect the validity of acts done by a person exercising the functions of a public office in fact, where other persons than himself are interested in maintaining the validity of such acts.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

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