The several existing counties of the State and such other counties as are hereafter organized are legal subdivisions of the State.
Cal. Gov. Code § 23002
General
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 35 Cal. 3d 390 - Olson v. Cory (1983)
Most recently applied in 45 Cal. App. 4th 1802 - City of San Jose v. State of California (June 1996)
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.