DIVISION 3.5. COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS RESULTING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS 800›PART 9. LAKE DAVIS NORTHERN PIKE ERADICATION PROJECT RELIEF ACCOUNT 998-998.3›CHAPTER 5. Obtaining Possession of Office 1850-1855
§ 1855
California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California
Every officer whose office is abolished by law, or who, after the expiration of the time for which he may be appointed or elected, or after he has resigned or been legally removed from office, willfully and unlawfully
(a) Mutilates, destroys, or takes away the records, papers, documents, or other writings appertaining or belonging to his office, or
(b) Withholds or detains from his successor, or other person entitled thereto, the records, papers, documents, or other writings appertaining or belonging to his office, or any money or property in his custody as such officer,
is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1139.)
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