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TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 2. OFFICERS 24000-28085›PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS 26500-27773›CHAPTER 1. District Attorney 26500-26543›ARTICLE 3. Restrictions 26540-26543

§ 26542

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

If the office of district attorney is vacant the duties of the office may be temporarily discharged by a chief deputy district attorney, assistant or deputy district attorney, as the case may be, next in authority to the district attorney, in office at the time the vacancy occurs, with like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as the district attorney, until the vacancy in the office is filled in the manner provided by law.

(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 73.)

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