SB 1080

Introduced by Senator Valladares
 An act to amend Section 26807 of, and to add Section 26807.5 to, the Government Code, relating to local government.
local government
County clerks: certification of records: signature.
Existing law requires the county clerk to act as the clerk of the board of supervisors in the county and to perform specified duties, including, among other things, to take charge of, safely keep, or dispose of pursuant to law all books, papers, and records that are filed or deposited in their office pursuant to law. Existing law requires the county clerk to keep an official seal of their office for use when performing official duties.
This bill would authorize the county clerk to use a printed, stamped, photographically reproduced facsimile, electronic, or otherwise digitally created signature in certifying to a record in the county clerk’s office, provided that the certification includes the official seal of the county clerk’s office affixed thereto. The bill would make nonsubstantive changes, including eliminating gendered pronouns.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 26807 of the
Government Code
 is amended to read:
26807.
(a) The county clerk shall keep an official seal of their office for use when performing official duties other than ex officio duties which shall, when embossed, stamped, impressed or affixed to a certification, show legibly. The
				  seal shall: (a) be circular in shape; (b) be not less than 1
1
4
 inches in diameter; (c) have in the center any words or design adopted by the county clerk; (d) have inscribed around the central words or design, “County Clerk, ____ County, California”, inserting therein the name of the county.
(b) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a county clerk from continuing to use a seal of a design different than that specified herein if
				  the seal has customarily been used prior to the effective date of
				  Section 1 of Chapter 564 of the Statutes of 1968.
SEC. 2.
Section 26807.5 is added to the
Government Code
, to read:
26807.5.
The county clerk may use a printed, stamped, photographically reproduced facsimile, electronic, or otherwise digitally created signature in certifying to a record in the county clerk’s office, provided that the certification includes the official seal of the county clerk’s office affixed thereto.