A county is the largest political division of the State having corporate powers.
Cal. Gov. Code § 23000
General
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Moor v. County of Alameda (1973)
Most recently applied in Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority v. Kaufman (August 2011)
Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.