A county is a body corporate and politic, has the powers specified in this title and such others necessarily implied from those expressed.
Cal. Gov. Code § 23003
General
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 35 Cal. 3d 390 - Olson v. Cory (1983)
Most recently applied in 164 Cal. App. 4th 629 - Curcini v. County of Alameda (June 2008)
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.