General
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 7 Cal. 3d 94 - Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. (1972)
Most recently applied in S & H Packing & Sales Co. v. Tanimura Distributing, Inc. (February 2018)
Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 829.
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.
A county may:
(a) Sue and be sued.
(b) Purchase, receive by gift or bequest, and hold land within its limits, or elsewhere when permitted by law.
(c) Make contracts and purchase and hold personal property necessary to the exercise of its powers.
(d) Manage, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of its property as the interests of its inhabitants require.
(e) Levy and collect taxes authorized by law.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.