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DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 10000-18999.98›PART 5. COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS 17000-17613.4›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 17000-17030.1

§ 17000

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions.

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

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