Sonoma County Municipal Code § 2-21 Duties and responsibilities

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For state law as to proceedings for appointment of public guardian in certain cases, see W.&I.C., § 10002.

The office of public guardian in, of and for the county is hereby created.

(Ord. No. 495, § 1.)

The public guardian shall file an official bond in such amount as may be fixed, from time to time, by the board of supervisors, which bond shall insure to the joint benefit of the several guardianship estates and the county, and such public guardian shall not be required to file bonds in individual guardianship estates. Coverage under the county's master bond shall suffice to meet the above requirement.

(Ord. No. 5605 § 4, 2005: Ord. No. 495, § 4.)

The public guardian shall have all of the responsibility and shall discharge the duties now or hereafter imposed upon him by statutes of the state, and specifically but not to the exclusion of others, the public guardian may in a proper case apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for appointment as guardian of the person and estate or person or estate of any person in the county who is a patient under and by reason of the provisions of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code of the state or who is a recipient of aid under any of the provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code of the state where it appears that such person requires a guardian and where it appears that such person's estate does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in probate value.

(Ord. No. 495, § 3.)

During such time as no other person is appointed to the office of public guardian by ordinance of the board of supervisors, the public administrator of the county shall be ex officio public guardian.

(Ord. No. 495, § 2.)