0890 Secretary of State
Legal Citations & Authority

DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY

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

PROGRAM AUTHORITY

10-Filings and Registrations:

Corporations Code, Titles 1-3; Government Code, Sections 1363,, 6206, 6206.4, 6206.5, 6208, 6208.5, 6215.2, 6215.3, 6215.7, 6215.9, 6503.5, 6503.7, 6518, 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, 8214.21, 8214.23, 8214.4, 8214.5, 8214.8, 8216, 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, 12261, 12262, 12263, 23712-23714, 34459-34461, and 53051; Business and Professions Code, Sections 14207, 14209, 14215, 14220, 14225, 14230, 14235, 14240, 14417, 14427, 14461, 14482, 14483, 14492, 17533.6, 17537.9, 17550 et seq., 18896 et seq., 22370 et seq., 22441.11, 22442.4, 22443.1, 22908-22912, 22914, 22916, 22917, 22920, 22921, and 22923, ; Civil Code, Sections 912, 1195, 1363.5, 1363.6, 1789.10 et seq., 1812.50 et seq., 1812.80 et seq., 1812.100 et seq., 1812.503., 1812.510, 1812.515, 1812.525, 1812.600, and 3344.1; Commercial Code, Sections 9501, 9509, 9512-9516, 9518, 9519-9523, and 9525-9528; Code of Civil Procedure, Sections 488.375, 488.405, 697.510, 697.550, 697.570, 697.580, 697.640-697.670, 2101, and 2103-2105; Family Codes, Section 297, 298, 298.5, 299; Section 14101.6, 14315; Insurance Code, Section 709.5; Food and Agriculture Code, Sections 54040, 54081-54083, 55702, 57405, 57408-57411, 57414, 57512, 57516-57517, 57519, 57530, 57531, and 57561 et seq.; Probate Code, Section 4800-4806; Vehicle Code, Section 40305.5; California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Sections 20800 et seq., 21000 et seq., 21900 et seq., 22100 et seq., 22500 et seq., 22600 et seq., and 22610.1 et seq.

20-Elections:

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

30-Archives:

Chapter 1, Statutes of 1850; Government Code, Sections 6204, 6268, 9080, 9149.9, 11347.3, 12153, 12174, 12220-12237, 14755-14756, and 14765-14768; Civil Code, Sections 1798.24, and 1798.64; Evidence Code, Section 1605, and Military and Veterans Code, Section 1360.