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DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION 13000-14959›PART 2. FIRE PROTECTION 13100-13263›CHAPTER 1. State Fire Marshal 13100-13159.10›ARTICLE 1. General 13100-13135

§ 13103

California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The State Fire Marshal may appoint those assistant or deputy state fire marshals as he or she may consider necessary from among active chiefs of fire departments, fire marshals of cities, counties, and districts providing fire protection, and the salaried field assistants of the State Fire Marshal.

The State Fire Marshal and the assistant or deputy state fire marshals shall exercise the functions of peace officers.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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