Section § 24250

Explanation

This law says that sheriffs, clerks, recorders, treasurers, and auditors are supposed to have their offices at the county seat, in places like the courthouse or jail. However, they can have their offices elsewhere if those locations are easy for the public to reach, and if there's a clear notice posted at the county administration building and other suitable places telling people where the offices are.

Sheriffs, clerks, recorders, treasurers, and auditors, shall have their offices at the county seat in the courthouse, hall of records, jail, or other buildings. However, these officials may situate their offices outside the county seat, provided that the offices are conveniently located and easily accessible to the public, and notice of their location is prominently displayed in the county administration building and other appropriate county facilities.

Section § 24250.1

Explanation

This law requires that sheriffs have an office in every city where they provide services related to court duties, as long as there's a facility for the superior court in that city.

Sheriffs shall also have offices in each city in which they perform court-related services and a facility of the superior court is located.

Section § 24252

Explanation

This law requires that sheriffs and clerks have offices in any city with a population of 20,000 or more, based on the most recent census, if the city hall is at least 30 miles away from the county courthouse.

Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 20,000 as ascertained by the preceding census taken under the authority of the Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than 30 miles distant from the county courthouse.

Section § 24253

Explanation

This law states that sheriffs and clerks must have offices in cities where the population is at least 50,000, according to the most recent official census, if the city hall is located more than six miles away from the county courthouse.

Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 50,000 as ascertained by the last census taken under the authority of the Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than six miles distant from the county courthouse.

Section § 24254

Explanation

Sheriffs and clerks need to have office spaces in cities with at least 7,000 residents if the city hall is 55 miles or more from the county courthouse. These offices must be open every day for business, except on Sundays and holidays, while the superior court is in session there.

Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in any city containing a population of not less than 7,000, as ascertained by the preceding census taken under the authority of Congress or the Legislature in which the city hall is not less than 55 miles distant from the site of the county courthouse. Such offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business continuously every day, except Sundays and holidays, in the period during which a superior court is in session in the city.

Section § 24254.5

Explanation

This law requires that sheriffs and clerks have offices in certain cities based on specific criteria. These criteria include the city's distance from the county courthouse, its population, and proximity to other court venues. For instance, if a city's hall is at least eighteen miles from the county courthouse and has a population of at least ten thousand, an office may be necessary. Additionally, if a city with a city hall located sixty miles from a county courthouse has a population of at least two thousand two hundred, an office should be present. The law aims to make court services accessible to residents in distant locations, as determined by the latest population counts from the U.S. Congress or California Legislature.

Sheriffs and clerks shall also have offices in each city wherein the city hall is not less than eighteen miles from the site of the county courthouse and which has a population of not less than ten thousand, and within the ten-mile radius from the city hall of which there is a population of not less than fifty thousand, if there are residing in the county at least eighteen miles from the county courthouse not less than fifteen thousand persons, some of whom would be required to travel 50 miles to attend court at said city and at least ten miles farther in order to attend the superior court at the county courthouse, and in each city or town within the county containing a population of not less than two thousand two hundred wherein the city hall of said city or town is not less than sixty miles distant from the site of the county courthouse, or any other place where sessions of the superior court have been established, such populations being ascertained by the latest population determination as made under the authority of the Congress of the United States, or the Legislature of the State of California.

Section § 24255

Explanation

This law states that the county must provide all offices needed under this chapter through its board of supervisors.

All offices required by this chapter shall be provided by the county through the board of supervisors.

Section § 24256

Explanation

If a law requires an office or building to be at the county seat and a city is named as that county seat, the office or building can be either within that city or just outside its limits. However, these can be elsewhere if they are easy for the public to reach, and if clear notice of their location is displayed in key county buildings.

Whenever the law specifies that an office or building shall be located at the county seat and an incorporated city has been designated as the county seat, the location of that office or building may be either within or in the immediate vicinity of the corporate limits of said city. However, the prescribed offices and buildings may be situated outside the county seat or its immediate vicinity, provided that those offices and buildings are conveniently located and easily accessible to the public, and notice of their location is prominently displayed in the county administration building and other appropriate county facilities.

Section § 24257

Explanation

This law section defines 'transaction of business' as ensuring that during certain hours, there is always at least one qualified person available in an office to handle its business activities.

In this chapter “transaction of business” means that during the hours named there shall be present in each office at least one person qualified and prepared to transact the business that properly comes into the office.

Section § 24258

Explanation

If a government officer, who is supposed to have an office, doesn't have a deputy paid by the county like they are, they can close their office for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

If any officer required by this chapter to have an office has no regularly appointed deputy paid by the county at the same time and in the same manner as the principal, he may close his office during the hour from 12 o'clock noon to 1 o'clock p.m.

Section § 24259

Explanation

This law allows an officer to close a branch office during lunchtime, specifically from 12 noon to 1 p.m., if there is only one deputy assigned to that office.

If the officer has a branch office to which a single deputy is assigned, he may close the branch office during the hour from 12 o'clock noon to 1 o'clock p.m.

Section § 24260

Explanation

This law requires county officers to keep their offices open for business during specific hours and days set by the county's board of supervisors through an official ordinance or resolution.

In all counties county officers shall keep their offices open for the transaction of business during such hours and on such days as are fixed by the board of supervisors by ordinance or resolution.

Section § 24262

Explanation

This law states that the offices of the sheriff or county clerk cannot be set up outside the county's main city or county seat unless the county's board of supervisors gives their approval.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no office of the sheriff or clerk shall be established elsewhere than at the county seat without the approval of the board of supervisors.