Government Code section 1851

If any person, including a former incumbent, refuses or neglects to deliver to the actual incumbent any such books or papers, the actual incumbent may petition any court of record sitting in the county where the person so refusing or neglecting resides, or any judge of the superior court residing therein.

Source: Section 1851, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=1851. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_1851

Original Source: Section 1851, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=1851. (last accessed May 12, 2025).