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CHAPTER 5. County Property

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 25350–25549.23 · 150 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 25350–25376 · 55 sections
    • § 25350 No purchase of real property, including any water right or other interest therein, of which the purchase price is in excess of the dollar limit established by…
    • § 25350.1 (a) Nothing in this chapter limits, restricts, or prohibits a county from complying with Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of…
    • § 25350.5 The board of supervisors of any county may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the county.
    • § 25350.51 (a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to the purchasing agent or other appropriate county official, subject to any rules and regulations as…
    • § 25350.55 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
    • § 25350.6 (a) Moneys credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund or allocated to the Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation…
    • § 25350.60 (a) The board of supervisors of a county may, by ordinance, authorize a county officer it deems appropriate to perform any or all acts necessary to approve and…
    • § 25350.7 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
    • § 25350.75 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
    • § 25350.8 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the…
    • § 25350.85 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the…
    • § 25350.9 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
    • § 25350.95 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
    • § 25350.10 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by…
    • § 25350.105 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by a…
    • § 25350.11 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.8, and…
    • § 25350.115 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.85,…
    • § 25351 (a) The board may construct, expand, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair buildings for a hospital, almshouse, courthouse, jail, historical…
    • § 25351.1 After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan…
    • § 25351.15 The requirement of Section 25351.1 shall be met if the board has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for…
    • § 25351.2 In the operation of a county art institute, the board may charge fees necessary to defray the cost of instruction and may issue certificates evidencing the…
    • § 25351.3 In addition to its other powers and duties, the board of supervisors may do any or all of the following: (a) Acquire land for and construct, lease, sublease,…
    • § 25351.35 In the case of any contract or lease described in subdivision (b) of Section 25351.3, obligating the county to make payments or incur obligations of one…
    • § 25351.4 As used in Section 25351.3, the term “motion picture and television museums” means a museum which includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the…
    • § 25351.5 When a county owns, leases or operates a convention hall, an exhibition hall, an auditorium, an opera house, a music hall and center, a museum, an art gallery,…
    • § 25351.6 As used in Section 25351.3 the term “related facilities,” in connection with music halls or centers constructed and operated pursuant thereto, shall include,…
    • § 25352 The board may purchase, acquire, construct, equip, and maintain all necessary tanks, reservoirs, pumps, apparatus, motor vehicles, and other machinery…
    • § 25353 The board may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire water rights or real or personal property necessary for use of the county for any…
    • § 25354 The board shall receive from the United States, or other sources, lands and other property granted or donated to the county for the purpose of aiding in the…
    • § 25355 The board may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in favor of the county, or to or in favor of the board in trust for any public purpose.…
    • § 25356 If any gift, bequest, or devise is unaccompanied by any provision prescribing or limiting the uses and purposes to which the property received, or the income…
    • § 25357 Whenever any public building belongs to or is used by a county and is situate on land dedicated to public use but which is not owned by the county in fee, the…
    • § 25358 The board shall provide all necessary officers, employees, attendants, services, and supplies for the proper maintenance, care, and upkeep of the county…
    • § 25359 The board may provide for the working of prisoners confined in the county jail under judgment of conviction of misdemeanors, under the direction of a…
    • § 25360 A county may establish and maintain a facility to provide security for victims of and witnesses to crimes who have been or may be subjected to threats or…
    • § 25361 The board may insure county buildings and other property in the name and for the benefit of the county. It may procure indemnity insurance, including excess…
    • § 25362 The board may grant and convey real property to the United States or any of its agencies, for use for public purposes, in consideration of the grant and…
    • § 25363 The board of supervisors may sell or lease at public auction, and convey to the highest bidder, for cash, any property belonging to the county not required for…
    • § 25364 The board may dispose of surplus plants, trees, shrubs, and nursery stock belonging to the county and not required for public use, by public or private sale,…
    • § 25365 (a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state or to any community redevelopment…
    • § 25365.5 The board of supervisors of a county, without complying with any other provision of this code, may at any time hereinafter donate, or transfer for such…
    • § 25365.6 The board of supervisors of a county of over 4,000,000 population, without complying with any other provision of law, may transfer with or without…
    • § 25366 The board may perform services for and sell personal property to any road improvement, lighting, irrigation, waterworks, flood control, or other special…
    • § 25366.5 In the case of real property which is leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this chapter, the failure of the county to comply with the…
    • § 25367 The board may vacate or abandon county easements for light and air or any other easement of the county intended to prohibit the construction of certain…
    • § 25368 The board of supervisors of any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized pursuant to Division 23 of the Health…
    • § 25369 By a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized may grant any…
    • § 25369.5 In any county having a department under the management and control of a county forester and fire warden, the board may authorize rescue or first aid service,…
    • § 25371 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any county or city and county is hereby authorized and empowered to let to any person,…
    • § 25372 (a) Except as restricted by any conditions by which the county acquired the property, the board of supervisors may donate or lease any real or personal…
    • § 25373 (a) The board of supervisors may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark. The board of supervisors may also acquire…
    • § 25374 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more may, without advertising for…
    • § 25374.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in counties with a population of over 600,000 and under 700,000, as determined on the…
    • § 25375 In any county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors by appropriate rules may provide that nonprofit hospital volunteer groups…
    • § 25376 Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the board of supervisors may convey, upon such terms and conditions as the board determines to be in…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Jails in Other Counties §§ 25380–25384 · 5 sections
    • § 25380 Pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire real or personal property in another county…
    • § 25381 No purchase of real property shall be made unless a notice of the intention of the board to make the purchase is published for at least three weeks prior to…
    • § 25382 The board may construct, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair the jail, and provide all necessary offices, employees, attendants, and supplies…
    • § 25383 The consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the jail is to be situated shall be first obtained and filed with the board.
    • § 25384 All persons adjudged guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, may be confined in such jail located in another county to the same…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Cement Manufacturing Plants §§ 25400–25404 · 5 sections
    • § 25400 The board of supervisors may purchase, lease, construct, or otherwise acquire, own, operate, manage, and control, in any county in the State, a cement…
    • § 25401 No cement manufacturing plant shall be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired, nor any works constructed, until notice of the intention to purchase or…
    • § 25402 The notice shall contain a description of the property to be purchased or works to be constructed, a statement of the amount of money to be invested, the terms…
    • § 25403 The board of supervisors may sell the products of the cement manufacturing plant in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper.
    • § 25404 The State and any municipal or public corporation of the State shall have a preferred right to purchase the products of the cement manufacturing plant at the…
  4. ARTICLE 6. Purchase of Personal Property §§ 25480–25486 · 7 sections
    • § 25480 In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent the board of supervisors shall annually or at such lesser intervals as it deems appropriate advertise…
    • § 25481 All bids shall be on a schedule prepared by the clerk of the board showing all articles needed in the several offices and departments and shall state…
    • § 25482 In considering the bids, the board may accept or reject all or any of them, or may accept or reject a part of any bid, preference being given, however, to the…
    • § 25483 All supplies furnished the county or any county officer shall be at a price no greater than is specified in the bid which is accepted by the board.
    • § 25484 In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent, the board shall annually fix the price at which the county will be supplied with job printing and blank…
    • § 25485 Each county officer shall procure blank books, job printing, and advertising required for the proper discharge of his official duties from any person or…
    • § 25486 Whenever the county advertises for bids for the furnishing of personal property, it may permit any person to submit at the time bids are received an offer of…
  5. ARTICLE 7. Purchasing Agents §§ 25500–25509 · 17 sections
    • § 25500 The board of supervisors may employ a purchasing agent and such assistants as are necessary for him properly to fulfill his duties.
    • § 25501 The purchasing agent may: (a) Purchase for the county and its offices all materials, supplies, furnishings, equipment, livestock, and other personal property.…
    • § 25501.5 The board of supervisors may authorize the destruction or disposition of any written requisition received by the purchasing agent which is more than three…
    • § 25502 Whenever the board of supervisors employs a purchasing agent it shall not be necessary for it to advertise for bids for furnishing county supplies as required…
    • § 25502.3 In counties having a population of less than 200,000, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform…
    • § 25502.5 (a) In counties having a population of 200,000 or more, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to…
    • § 25502.6 It is unlawful for the purchasing agent in any county having a population of 900,000 or more to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any…
    • § 25502.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 25502.3 and 25502.5, the board of supervisors may, whenever it has proclaimed a local emergency pursuant to Section…
    • § 25503 When purchasing personal property for which it is not necessary to advertise for bids, the board may authorize the county purchasing agent by ordinance to…
    • § 25504 The county purchasing agent may by direct sale or otherwise sell, lease, or dispose of any personal property belonging to the county not required for public…
    • § 25504.5 The county purchasing agent, with the approval of the board of supervisors, and after publishing notice of his or her intended action pursuant to Section 6061,…
    • § 25505 Where specifically authorized by law the purchasing agent may sell, lease, or dispose of the personal property of any special district, and pay the proceeds…
    • § 25506 Notices of sales shall be posted for not less than five business days preceding the day of sale in the courthouse of the county and in the office of the…
    • § 25507 In the disposition of any personal property pursuant to this article and upon approval by the board, the purchasing agent may purchase advertising space and…
    • § 25508 The board of supervisors may by ordinance establish rules and regulations requiring the purchasing agent to obtain quotations by the use of formal or informal…
    • § 25508.8 (a) The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution, authorize the purchasing agent to procure construction materials pursuant to Section 25508 for…
    • § 25509 In any county which employs a purchasing agent the board of supervisors may by ordinance create and maintain a purchasing agent’s stores account for the…
  6. ARTICLE 7.5. Development of Public Property §§ 25515–25515.5 · 6 sections
    • § 25515 The Legislature finds that counties are faced with critical revenue shortages and a need for additional revenue sources to provide basic and essential public…
    • § 25515.1 (a) After complying with Section 65402 and Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, in managing its real…
    • § 25515.2 (a) Any sale, lease, lease with option to purchase, development, or contract agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be authorized by an…
    • § 25515.3 The procedure prescribed by this article may be used by a county notwithstanding any other provision of law and without complying with any other provisions in…
    • § 25515.4 The provisions of this article shall not apply to tide and submerged lands granted in trust by the Legislature to a city, county, or a city and county.
    • § 25515.5 Nothing in this article shall amend, alter, or modify the duties of a county to comply with the provisions of a community redevelopment plan or an agreement…
  7. ARTICLE 8. Sale or Lease of Real Property §§ 25520–25539.10 · 38 sections
    • § 25520 The board of supervisors of any county shall receive in the name of the county conveyances for all property received and purchased by it, and shall make in the…
    • § 25521 The board of supervisors of any county may sell or lease for a term not exceeding 99 years, without a vote of the electors of the county first being taken, any…
    • § 25521.5 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside may transfer to the Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District, without a vote of the electors…
    • § 25522 The sale may be made for cash, or for part cash and upon such terms of deferred payments secured by purchase money, mortgage, or deed of trust as are…
    • § 25523 The board of supervisors may use funds derived from the sale for the general purposes of the county, provided that the derived funds are used, in accordance…
    • § 25524 Any lease may be made upon such consideration or for such rental, as is authorized by the action of the board of supervisors.
    • § 25525 Every sale or lease shall be made in the manner provided by this article.
    • § 25526 Before ordering the sale or lease of any property the board of supervisors shall, in a regular open meeting, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, adopt a…
    • § 25526.5 Whenever the board of supervisors determines that any real property or interest therein belonging to the county is no longer necessary for county or other…
    • § 25526.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may grant or otherwise convey, or by ordinance, may authorize such county officer or officers as are…
    • § 25526.7 Whenever the board of supervisors of a county containing a population of 6,000,000 or more determines that any real property or interest therein belonging to…
    • § 25527 If, in the discretion of the board, it is advisable to offer to pay a commission to a licensed real estate broker who is instrumental in obtaining any…
    • § 25528 Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time and place of holding the meeting shall be given by posting copies of the resolution signed by the…
    • § 25529 Whenever it is proposed to lease real property and the board of supervisors unanimously determines in the resolution that in its opinion, the monthly rental…
    • § 25530 At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board of supervisors, all sealed proposals which have been received shall, in public…
    • § 25531 Before accepting any written proposal, the board shall call for oral bids. If, upon the call for oral bidding, any responsible person offers to purchase the…
    • § 25532 In the event of a sale on a higher oral bid to a purchaser procured by a licensed real estate broker, other than the broker who submitted the highest written…
    • § 25533 The final acceptance by the board of supervisors may be made either at the same session or at any adjourned session of the same meeting held within the 10 days…
    • § 25534 The board of supervisors may at the session, if it deems such action to be for the best public interest, reject any and all bids, either written or oral, and…
    • § 25535 Any resolution of acceptance of any bid made by the board of supervisors authorizes and directs the president of the board of supervisors, or other presiding…
    • § 25536 (a) Nothing in this article shall prevent the board of supervisors of a county from, and the board of supervisors of any county is empowered to make contracts,…
    • § 25536.2 Whenever real property has been granted to a county, prior to January 1, 1942, by gift deed for theatrical, musical or other cultural purposes, the board of…
    • § 25536.5 The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, enter into an agreement with the lessee or concessionaire to amend any existing lease, sublease,…
    • § 25536.7 Whenever real property has been operated by a county as an art institute, the county board of supervisors, in addition to its other powers, may, without…
    • § 25536.8 (a) In addition to the authority provided for in Section 25536, and in accordance with subdivision (b), the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, by a…
    • § 25536.9 (a) In addition to the authority provided for in Section 25536, and in accordance with subdivision (b), the County of Merced, by a four-fifths vote of the…
    • § 25537 (a) In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by ordinance a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535, inclusive, for the…
    • § 25537.5 In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by order a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535 of this article for entering…
    • § 25538 (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, based on the most recent estimate by the demographic research unit of the Department of Finance, the…
    • § 25538.1 In counties containing a population of 6,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, authorize any county officer as is deemed appropriate to…
    • § 25538.5 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance that designates a county officer or department head to sell…
    • § 25539 In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by order a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535 of this article with respect…
    • § 25539.1 The Legislature hereby finds that many persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, cannot afford…
    • § 25539.2 When the legislative body of a county finds the public interest and convenience require the sale for less than the market price of residential property…
    • § 25539.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 34th class may lease to employees of the county, without competitive…
    • § 25539.4 (a) The Legislature recognizes that real property of counties can be utilized, in accordance with a county’s best interests, to provide housing affordable to…
    • § 25539.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 16th class may lease, for a term of one year or more and without…
    • § 25539.10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 15th class may sell, trade, or lease property near the county…
  8. ARTICLE 10. Joint Occupancy §§ 25549.1–25549.13 · 13 sections
    • § 25549.1 Any county or city and county may enter into leases and agreements relating to real property and buildings to be used jointly by the county or city and county…
    • § 25549.2 Before a board of supervisors enters into a lease or agreement pursuant to this article, it shall own a site upon which a building to be used by the county or…
    • § 25549.3 The term of any lease or agreement entered into by a county or city and county pursuant to this article shall not exceed 66 years.
    • § 25549.4 Sections 25521 to 25535, inclusive, shall not apply to leases or agreements made pursuant to this article.
    • § 25549.5 The board of supervisors may lease to any private person, firm, or corporation, any real property which belongs to the county or city and county if the…
    • § 25549.6 Any lease of real property by a county or city and county to a private person, firm, or corporation pursuant to this article shall be upon such terms and…
    • § 25549.7 Before entering into a lease or agreement pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors shall comply with the provisions of Section 25549.8.
    • § 25549.8 For the purposes of receiving proposals for the joint occupancy of a building to be constructed on property belonging to a county or city and county, the board…
    • § 25549.9 Notice of adoption of the resolution and the time and place of holding the meeting shall be given by publishing the resolution at least once a week for three…
    • § 25549.10 At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board of supervisors, the board shall meet and receive all plans and proposals submitted…
    • § 25549.11 (a) After considering all proposals submitted, the board of supervisors shall have the authority to select the plan or proposal which best meets the needs of…
    • § 25549.12 The board of supervisors shall have the authority to review and approve the plans and specifications of any building constructed for use of the county or city…
    • § 25549.13 The provisions of this article prevail over any provisions of law which conflict therewith.
  9. ARTICLE 11. Condominium Occupancy §§ 25549.20–25549.23 · 4 sections
    • § 25549.20 Any county or city and county may contract to acquire a condominium interest, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, in real property to be used jointly…
    • § 25549.21 The site in which the condominium interest is to be acquired may, prior to acquisition of such interest, be owned by a private person, firm, or corporation.
    • § 25549.22 The condominium interest acquired may be for a term of years or in fee.
    • § 25549.23 Any acquisition of a condominium interest shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree. However, a notice of intention shall be…