Penal Code section 936

When requested so to do by the grand jury of any county, the Attorney General may employ special counsel and special investigators, whose duty it shall be to investigate and present the evidence in such investigation to such grand jury.

The services of such special counsel and special investigators shall be a county charge of such county.

Source: Section 936, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=936. (updated Jan. 1, 1959; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_936

Original Source: Section 936, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=936. (last accessed May 12, 2025).