{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-12","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 12","heading":"","body":"Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the Act giving the authority.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"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":"58089c109e704306085c9d93876f5d84a43081bd3018b46328c9a1cd3050702b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-11","next":"us-ca/civ-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}