Welfare and Institutions Code section 18490

Application for relief may be made to the county of which the applicant is a resident, or, in the case of an applicant who is a resident of the state but who is not a resident of any county, to the county in which the applicant is present.

Source: Section 18490, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=18490. (updated Jan. 1, 1965; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_18490

Original Source: Section 18490, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=18490. (last accessed May 12, 2025).