{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"75562","citation":"Gov. Code, § 75562","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 8. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS [68070. - 77655.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11.5. Judges’ Retirement System II [75500. - 75613.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-8/chapter-11.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Disability Retirement [75560. - 75564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-8/chapter-11.5/article-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 879, Sec. 11.   Effective September 27, 1994.   Operative November 9, 1994, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 879.","effective":"1994-09-27","html":"<p>A judge who applies for disability retirement and against whom there is pending a criminal charge of the commission of, or who has been convicted of, a felony under California or federal law, allegedly committed or committed while holding judicial office, prior to the approval of the application:</p><p>(a) Shall be presumed not to be disabled and this presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.</p><p>(b) Shall, in a disability retirement proceeding before the commission, be subject to the standard of proof of clear and convincing evidence sufficient to sustain a claim to a reasonable certainty.</p><p>(c) Shall support the application with written statements described in subdivision (c) of Section <a href=\"/gov/75560.1\">75560.1</a> from each of at least two physicians or two psychiatrists.</p>","text":"A judge who applies for disability retirement and against whom there is pending a criminal charge of the commission of, or who has been convicted of, a felony under California or federal law, allegedly committed or committed while holding judicial office, prior to the approval of the application: (a) Shall be presumed not to be disabled and this presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof. (b) Shall, in a disability retirement proceeding before the commission, be subject to the standard of proof of clear and convincing evidence sufficient to sustain a claim to a reasonable certainty. (c) Shall support the application with written statements described in subdivision (c) of Section 75560.1 from each of at least two physicians or two psychiatrists.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/disability-retirement-75562","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}