California Government Code 12418 – The Controller shall direct and superintend the collection of all …
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The Controller shall direct and superintend the collection of all money due the State, and institute suits in its name:
(a) For all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue.
Terms Used In California Government Code 12418
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Against persons who by any means have become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay it over or deliver it.
(c) Against all debtors of the State.
If the action is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in Sacramento County such court is the proper court for trial, without regard to the residence of the defendants.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)