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DIVISION 1. SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE [100. - 275.2.]

Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.

§§ 100–275.2 · 47 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Sovereignty of the State §§ 100–210.6 · 35 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Residence of Sovereignty § 100 · 1 section
      • § 100 (a) The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name. (b) The style of all process shall be…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Territorial Jurisdiction §§ 110–127 · 9 sections
      • § 110 The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State extends to all places within its boundaries as established by the constitution. The extent of such jurisdiction…
      • § 111 The jurisdiction of the State over certain lands designated in the following statutes is subject to the cession of jurisdiction granted the United States by…
      • § 112 The State has accepted the retrocession of jurisdiction over certain lands by the following statutes: (a) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 828, concerning the…
      • § 113 The Legislature, acting through the State Lands Commission, hereby consents to the retrocession of jurisdiction by the United States over land within this…
      • § 115 All jurisdiction ceded to the United States by this article is limited by the terms of any retrocession of jurisdiction heretofore or hereafter granted by the…
      • § 118 The State consents to the use by the United States of the territorial waters of the State adjacent to any land on the coast of the State now or hereafter owned…
      • § 119 Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all of the territory which is now or may hereafter be…
      • § 126 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, the Legislature of California, acting through the State Lands Commission, hereby cedes…
      • § 127 In addition to other records maintained by the State Lands Commission, the commission shall prepare and maintain an adequate index or record of documents with…
    3. ARTICLE 3. State Boundaries §§ 160–172 · 4 sections
      • § 160 The line run and marked by the United States Government under the Act of June 10, 1872, 17 Stat. 358 (1872) from the southern boundary of the State of Oregon…
      • § 170 To give greater precision to the boundary of the State of California as defined in Article XXI of the Constitution, it is hereby declared that the part of the…
      • § 171 All waters between the mainland and the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent to the coast of the State of California from which the…
      • § 172 The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution to “the navigable waters of this State,” the reference in Section 2 of the same article to “a…
    4. ARTICLE 3.5. Colorado River Boundary Compact §§ 175–176 · 2 sections
      • § 175 The interstate compact executed between the States of Arizona and California, as set forth in Section 176 of this chapter, fixing the location of the boundary…
      • § 176 The provisions of the interstate compact between the States of Arizona and California referred to in Section 175 are as follows: Interstate Compact Defining…
    5. ARTICLE 3.6. Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact §§ 177–178.5 · 3 sections
      • § 177 The Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact as set forth in Section 178 executed between the State of California, through its then Governor, Earl Warren,…
      • § 178 The provisions of the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact between the State of California and other states which are parties to the compact referred…
      • § 178.5 In addition to any other authority conferred upon him, the Governor is authorized and may execute for, on behalf of, and in the name of the State of…
    6. ARTICLE 3.7. Emergency Management Assistance Compact §§ 179–179.9 · 5 sections
      • § 179 (a) It is the intent of the State of California to continue its long history of sharing emergency response resources with other states during times of…
      • § 179.5 The provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact between the State of California and other states that are parties to the compact referred to in…
      • § 179.7 (a) Notwithstanding Article 6 of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall indemnify and make whole any…
      • § 179.8 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall not deploy any personnel under…
      • § 179.9 This article shall become inoperative on March 1, 2038, and, as of January 1, 2039, is repealed.
    7. ARTICLE 4. Rights Over Property §§ 180–186 · 6 sections
      • § 180 As used herein, “property” includes real and personal property.
      • § 181 The original and ultimate right to all property within the limits of the State is in the people thereof.
      • § 182 All property within the limits of the State, which does not belong to any person, belongs to the people. Whenever the title to any property fails for want of…
      • § 183 The State may acquire property by taxation in the modes authorized by law.
      • § 185 The Governor may execute and deliver to the United States all necessary deeds or other conveyances on behalf of the State, in any case where the Legislature…
      • § 186 (a) As used in succeeding subdivisions of this section “public domain” refers to such portion of the public domain of the State of California as is contiguous…
    8. ARTICLE 5. Rights Over Persons §§ 200–210.6 · 5 sections
      • § 200 The State has the rights prescribed in this article over persons within its limits, to be exercised in the cases and in the manner provided by law.
      • § 201 The State may punish for crime.
      • § 202 The state may imprison or confine for the protection of the public peace or health or of individual life or safety.
      • § 204 The State may require services of persons, with or without compensation: In military duty; in jury duty; as witnesses; as town officers; in highway labor; in…
      • § 210.6 Any entity that was previously scheduled for the third release of BreEZe shall participate in business process reviews and organizational change management…
  2. CHAPTER 2. People of the State §§ 240–275.2 · 12 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 240–245 · 6 sections
      • § 240 The people, as a political body, consist of: (a) Citizens who are electors. (b) Citizens not electors.
      • § 241 The citizens of the state are: (a) All persons born in the state and residing within it, except the children of foreign public ministers and consuls. (b) All…
      • § 242 Persons in the state who are not its citizens are either: (a) Citizens of other states; or (b) Persons who are not citizens of the United States.
      • § 243 Every person has, in law, a residence.
      • § 244 In determining the place of residence the following rules shall be observed: (a) It is the place where one remains when not called elsewhere for labor or other…
      • § 245 Absence from this state, on business of the state or of the United States, shall not affect the question of residence of any person.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Political Rights and Duties §§ 270–275.2 · 6 sections
      • § 270 Every person while within the State is subject to its jurisdiction and entitled to its protection.
      • § 271 Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience which every citizen owes to the State.
      • § 272 Allegiance may be renounced by a change of residence.
      • § 273 A citizen of the United States who is not a citizen of the State, has the same rights and duties as a citizen of the State not an elector.
      • § 274 An elector has no rights or duties beyond those of a citizen not an elector, except the right and duty of holding office and voting.
      • § 275.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public officer who is a minor shall have the rights and liabilities of an adult, both civil and criminal, with…