Government Code section 26690

The board of supervisors shall furnish the sheriff and deputy sheriffs with suitable badges of office. Upon the badge of the sheriff shall be inscribed “Sheriff,” and upon those of the deputy sheriffs shall be inscribed “Deputy Sheriff.”

Source: Section 26690, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=26690. (updated Jan. 1, 1947; accessed Sep. 15, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_26690

Original Source: Section 26690, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=26690. (last accessed May 12, 2025).