{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-11415.50","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 11415.50","heading":"","body":"(a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for a decision for which an adjudicative proceeding is not required.\n(b) An adjudicative proceeding is not required for informal factfinding or an informal investigatory hearing, or a decision to initiate or not to initiate an investigation, prosecution, or other proceeding before the agency, another agency, or a court, whether in response to an application for an agency decision or otherwise.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES [11000. - 11908.]","CHAPTER 4.5. Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions [11400. - 11475.70.]","ARTICLE 4. Governing Procedure [11415.10. - 11415.60.]"],"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":"70483be4b627bb43f4aef69d665d0585bc758704cbefe6f6891335546cc5c427","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-11415.40","next":"us-ca/gov-11415.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}