All petitions shall be filed with (a) the clerk of the county from which the new county is to be formed if it is to be formed from but one county, or (b) the clerk of the principal county if it is to be formed from portions of two or more counties. All counterparts of a petition shall be filed at the same time.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

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Terms Used In California Government Code 23325

  • Clerk: means the clerk of a county board of supervisors. See California Government Code 23301
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Principal county: means the county from which it is proposed that territory with the greatest proportion of assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, relative to the total amount of taxable property within the boundaries of a proposed county, is to be transferred to create, in part, that proposed county. See California Government Code 23301
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