§ 15705 Petition Signature Verification

Public Utilities Code·California

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•The county has 30 days to check the signatures on a petition.
•They must confirm if the signatures are real or not.
•After checking, they tell the board of supervisors the results.

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A group of people in a town collect signatures to ask for a new park.

The county has 30 days to check if all the signatures on the petition are real. After checking, they tell the town leaders how many signatures are valid.

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§ 15705 Petition Signature Verification

The county elections official shall within 30 days examine and verify the signatures to the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board of supervisors. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 89. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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county elections official examine and verify signatures petition certify board of supervisors

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 15705.

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