{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"1226","citation":"Gov. Code, § 1226","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General [1000. - 1241.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Miscellaneous [1220. - 1241.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4/chapter-1/article-8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 82.","effective":null,"html":"<p>When the records in the office of any public board or officer authorized to issue certificates show the issuance of a certificate other than a certificate of acknowledgment and it appears by affidavit that the certificate has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the board or officer may issue a duplicate of the certificate. The duplicate shall recite the issuance and loss or destruction of the original and has the same force as the original.</p>","text":"When the records in the office of any public board or officer authorized to issue certificates show the issuance of a certificate other than a certificate of acknowledgment and it appears by affidavit that the certificate has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the board or officer may issue a duplicate of the certificate. The duplicate shall recite the issuance and loss or destruction of the original and has the same force as the original.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/miscellaneous-1226","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}