Elections Code section 15401

The elections official shall make out and deliver to each person elected or nominated, as declared by the governing body, except those elected to a central committee, a certificate of election or nomination, signed and authenticated by the elections official.

Source: Section 15401, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=15401. (updated Mar. 8, 2012; accessed Nov. 24, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/elections_code_section_15401

Original Source: Section 15401, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=15401. (last accessed May 12, 2025).