Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to law, by the officer, unless this code expressly provides otherwise.
Cal. Gov. Code § 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Known as the Government Code
The act spans §§ 1–26 (35 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Brix v. City of San Rafael (1979)
Most recently applied in 221 Cal. App. 4th 1312 - Cuevas v. Superior Court (December 2013)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.
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.