Whenever the city attorney is acting as a prosecutor in a criminal case pursuant to any provision of law or under a city charter, the city attorney shall have the power to issue subpoenas in a like manner as the district attorney.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 56. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)

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Terms Used In California Government Code 41803.7

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
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