TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7931.000›DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 1000-3599.84›CHAPTER 1. General 1000-1241›ARTICLE 8. Miscellaneous 1220-1241

§ 1226

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

When the records in the office of any public board or officer authorized to issue certificates show the issuance of a certificate other than a certificate of acknowledgment and it appears by affidavit that the certificate has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the board or officer may issue a duplicate of the certificate. The duplicate shall recite the issuance and loss or destruction of the original and has the same force as the original.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 82.)

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