{"data":{"id":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-v-10","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"Cal. Const. art. V, § 10","heading":"","body":"The Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor when a vacancy occurs in the office of Governor.\nThe Lieutenant Governor shall act as Governor during the impeachment, absence from the State, or other temporary disability of the Governor or of a Governor-elect who fails to take office.\nThe Legislature shall provide an order of precedence after the Lieutenant Governor for succession to the office of Governor and for the temporary exercise of the Governor’s functions.\nThe Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine all questions arising under this section.\nStanding to raise questions of vacancy or temporary disability is vested exclusively in a body provided by statute.","path":["* California Constitution - CONS","ARTICLE V EXECUTIVE [SECTION 1. - SEC. 14.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"87ba72cbf961ad9ef9fd2318940a4eff1e0f0c4d266b242fafa0c7a7ef11bd0d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-v-9","next":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-v-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}