§ 36932 Mayor'S Ordinance Signing Rules

Government Code·California

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•The mayor must sign city rules, and the city clerk must confirm it.
•If the mayor signs digitally, the clerk can assume it's real if it follows the rules in Section 16.5.
•This law doesn’t change how the clerk checks other digital signatures.

Example

The mayor signs a new city rule about parking using a digital signature.

The city clerk checks the digital signature and, if it follows the rules, confirms it’s really from the mayor.

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§ 36932 Mayor'S Ordinance Signing Rules

(a) Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk. When attesting to a digital signature, the clerk may presume that the signature is genuine and attributable to the signatory if the digital signature complies with the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 16.5. (b) The amendments made to this section by the act that added this subdivision shall not be construed to affect the validity of a clerk’s attestation to any other digital or electronic signature. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 494, Sec. 4. (SB 1514) Effective January 1, 2025.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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ordinance city laws requirement validity attestation

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Government Code. Section 36932.

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