Water Code section 71196

Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.

Source: Section 71196, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=71196. (updated Jan. 1, 1963; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_71196

Original Source: Section 71196, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=71196. (last accessed May 12, 2025).