{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"23121","citation":"Gov. Code, § 23121","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY [23000. - 23732.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-3/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Boundaries [23070. - 23296.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-3/division-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties [23100. - 23158.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-3/division-1/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The boundaries of Marin County are as follows:</p><p>Beginning in the Pacific Ocean at the southwestern corner of Sonoma; thence southeasterly along the southern line of Sonoma, to the mouth of Petaluma Creek; thence to the common corner of Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa, and Solano, in San Pablo Bay; thence southerly along the western boundary of Contra Costa, in the Bay of San Pablo, to the middle of the Straits of San Pablo; thence southerly, in a direct line, to Invincible Rock, in the Bay of San Francisco, near the entrance of the Straits of San Pablo; thence, in a direct line, to the northwestern point of Red Rock; thence southerly to the extreme southerly point of Angel Island; thence southwesterly to the extreme end of Point Cavallo at low-water mark; thence on the line of low-water mark along the northern shore of the bay to Point Bonita, and three miles into the Pacific Ocean, to the northwestern corner of San Francisco; thence northwesterly by ocean shore to the place of beginning.</p>","text":"The boundaries of Marin County are as follows: Beginning in the Pacific Ocean at the southwestern corner of Sonoma; thence southeasterly along the southern line of Sonoma, to the mouth of Petaluma Creek; thence to the common corner of Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa, and Solano, in San Pablo Bay; thence southerly along the western boundary of Contra Costa, in the Bay of San Pablo, to the middle of the Straits of San Pablo; thence southerly, in a direct line, to Invincible Rock, in the Bay of San Francisco, near the entrance of the Straits of San Pablo; thence, in a direct line, to the northwestern point of Red Rock; thence southerly to the extreme southerly point of Angel Island; thence southwesterly to the extreme end of Point Cavallo at low-water mark; thence on the line of low-water mark along the northern shore of the bay to Point Bonita, and three miles into the Pacific Ocean, to the northwestern corner of San Francisco; thence northwesterly by ocean shore to the place of beginning.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/boundaries-of-the-several-counties-23121","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}