CHAPTER 2. City Clerk
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.
§§ 40801–40814 · 14 sections
- § 40801 The city clerk shall keep an accurate record of the proceeding of the legislative body and the board of equalization in books bearing appropriate titles and…
- § 40802 The city clerk is the accounting officer of the city and shall maintain records readily reflecting the financial condition of the city.
- § 40804 The city clerk shall cause a summary of the city’s financial report required by Section 53891, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to be published once in…
- § 40805 The report shall be published or posted consistent with the timelines established in Section 53891 after the close of the fiscal year for which the report is…
- § 40805.5 The financial and accounting duties imposed upon the city clerk by Sections 40802 through 40805 may be transferred to a director of finance when such office…
- § 40806 The city clerk shall keep a book marked “ordinances” and record in it all city ordinances with a certificate annexed to each, stating: (a) It is a true and…
- § 40807 The record with the certificate is prima facie evidence of the contents of each ordinance and of its passage and publication. It is admissible as such evidence…
- § 40808 The official city records in the custody of the city clerk shall not be filed in any court proceeding or other action but shall be returned to the custody of…
- § 40809 This article does not prevent the proof of the passage and publication of ordinances in the usual way.
- § 40810 The city clerk is the ex officio assessor unless the legislative body provides for the assessment and collection of city taxes by county officers or otherwise.
- § 40811 The city clerk is the custodian of the city seal.
- § 40812 The city clerk shall perform any additional duties as are prescribed by ordinance.
- § 40813 The city clerk may appoint deputies, for whose acts the city clerk and the city clerk’s bondspersons are responsible. The deputies shall hold office at the…
- § 40814 The city clerk and the city clerk’s deputies may administer oaths or affirmations and take and certify affidavits and depositions pertaining to city affairs…