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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sacramento Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 City Seal

Sacramento Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Sacramento

Cite as: Sacramento Municipal Code Chapter 1.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04

1.08.010 City seal-Adoption-Description.

There is adopted a common seal of this city which shall be kept by the city clerk and used by him officially and which shall be called the seal of the city.

The common seal of the city shall consist of a circular disc one and seven-eighths inches in diameter with a design cut thereon having the words "City of Sacramento Founded in 1849" cut around the outer edge thereof, and showing five sections within an outer circle depicting horticulture and mountains; airplane, covered wagons and pony express rider; factories; miner panning gold on stream, cattle and sheep, pump and hills; and water and rail transportation, inner circle depicting state capitol and dome. (Prior code § 1.01.110)

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1.08.020 City seal-Unauthorized use.

No person shall maliciously or for commercial purposes use or allow to be used for any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the city in any manner whatsoever, provided that the city council may by resolution permit the use of a reproduction or facsimile of the city seal when the council deems it to be in the public interest. (Prior code § 1.01.120)

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