CHAPTER 5. Boundaries

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.

§§ 51000–51009 · 10 sections

• § 51000 When the location of a boundary line of a local agency, as defined in Section 53510 of the Government Code, is indefinite or uncertain, or the boundary line…
• § 51001 The legislative body of the local agency having an indefinite, uncertain, or obliterated boundary line may cause a proceeding to be brought in the name of the…
• § 51002 The superior court of the county in which the initiating local agency is located has jurisdiction over the proceeding. In the event that a boundary line of a…
• § 51003 In counties having three or more superior judges, the presiding judge may assign three or more judges to sit at the hearing in the proceeding, whether…
• § 51004 The petition for the determination of the boundary line shall be accompanied by documents, maps, or other exhibits as may be essential to a determination of…
• § 51005 The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition and exhibits on the local agencies directly interested and immediately adjacent to the boundary line, by…
• § 51006 A local agency, or any person, corporation, or taxpayer thereof, interested in the determination and establishment of the boundary line, may demur or answer…
• § 51007 The court shall determine the location of the boundary line by courses and distances or by giving such other definite description as is necessary or desirable.
• § 51008 The court shall make a finding and render its judgment determining, defining, and establishing the location of the boundary line. After the judgment becomes…
• § 51009 From the date of filing, the boundary line is established and fixed for all purposes and constitutes the true and official boundary line of the local agency.