0890 Secretary of State
Legal Citations & Authority

DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY

The California Constitution, Article 5, Section 11, Government Code Sections 12159-12179.1.

PROGRAM AUTHORITY

0700-Filings and Registrations:

Corporations Code, Titles 1-3; Government Code, Sections 960.3, 960.4, 1363, 6205-6210, 6215-6216, 6503.5, 6503.7, 6518, 7171, 7220, 7222, 7223, 7225, 7226, 7227, 7229, 8200, 8201, 8201.1, 8201.2, 8201.5, 8202.5, 8203.1-8203.4, 8204.1, 8205, 8206, 8207, 8207.1, 8207.2, 8207.3, 8213, 8213.6, 8214.1, 8214.15, 8214.4, 8214.5, 8214.8, 8219.5, 8220, 8222, 8228, 12160, 12163, 12168, 12168.5, 12168.7, 12176, 12177, 12178.1, 12179.1, 12180, 12181, 12182, 12182.1, 12183-12197, 12260-12263, 23712-23714, 34459-34461, and 53051; Business and Professions Code, Sections 14207, 14209, 14215, 14217, 14220, 14230, 14235, 14240, 14245, 14417, 14427, 14461, 14482, 14483, 14492, 17550 et seq., 18896 et seq., 22441.1, 22442.4, 22443.1, 22443.2, 22908-22912, 22914, 22916, 22917, 22920, 22921, and 22923; Civil Code, Sections 912, 1185, 1189, 1195, 1789.10 et seq., 1812.50 et seq., 1812.80 et seq., 1812.100 et seq., 1812.214, 1812.503., 1812.510, 1812.515, 1812.525, 1812.600, 1812.607, 2945.45, 3344.1, 3440.5, 4225, 4280, 5405 6622, and 6760; Commercial Code, Sections 9501, 9509, 9512-9516, 9518, 9519-9523, and 9525-9528; Code of Civil Procedure, Sections 416.10-416.40, 488.375, 488.405, 488.730, 697.510, 697.550, 697.570, 697.580, 697.640-697.670, 724.060, 2101, and 2103-2105; Family Code, Sections 297, 297.1, 298, 298.5, 298.6, 298.7, 299, 535, 6345, 17520, and 17523; Financial Code, Sections 1102-1106, 4966, 5403, 5703-5705, 5715, 5716, 5758, 5760, 14100, 14101, 14101.6, 14101.8, 14102.2, 14102.4, 14102.8, 15302, 15304, 15252, 15258, 18101.5, and 18102; Insurance Code, Sections 881, 881.3, 1556, 1560.10, 1560.17, 1560.18, 4093, 4097.11, 4097.18, 4097.19, 5053, 7049, 7084, 7085, 9103, 11542, 11546, and 11547; Food and Agriculture Code, Sections 3951, 3952, 5304, 6047.109, 6047.119, 6273, 6286, 8704, 8757, 54081-54083, 55702, 57405, 57408-57411, 57414, 57512, 57516-57517, 57519, 57530, 57531, 57535, 57537, 57540, 57541, 57545, 57561 et seq., 57590, 57591, and 57595; Probate Code, Sections 4717, 4800-4806, 6389, and 8574; Vehicle Code, Section 40305.5; Penal Code, Sections 4056-4058, 4067, 4206, 4207, 4208 and 4227; Health and Safety Code, Sections 1341, 1341.2, 2043, 2832, 2834, 4927, 9043, 33103, 33103.5, 33104, 33142, 34126, 34117, 51153, 103435, and 123371; California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Sections 20800 et seq., 21000 et seq., 21900 et seq., 22000 et seq., 22100 et seq., 22500 et seq., 22600 et seq., and 22610.1 et seq.

0705-Elections:

California Constitution, Article XVI, Section 1; California Elections Code, Section 10; California Elections Code 9082.7; California Government Code, Sections 12172.5, and 81000 et seq.; Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252) and other federal elections law; Government Code, Title 9.

0710-Archives:

Chapter 1, Statutes of 1850; Government Code, Sections 6204, 6268, 9080, 9149.9, 11347.3, 12153, 12174, 12220-12237, and 12270-12279; Civil Code, Sections 1798.24, and 1798.64; Evidence Code, Section 1605, and Military and Veterans Code, Section 1360.