{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-26500","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 26500","heading":"","body":"The district attorney is the public prosecutor, except as otherwise provided by law.\nThe public prosecutor shall attend the courts, and within his or her discretion shall initiate and conduct on behalf of the people all prosecutions for public offenses.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000. - 28085.]","PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS [26500. - 27773.]","CHAPTER 1. District Attorney [26500. - 26543.]","ARTICLE 1. Duties as Public Prosecutor [26500. - 26509.]"],"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":"8b446345be2b284456b347d1615a41d19ed64d26c6324c5295d1a32f8208416b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-26490","next":"us-ca/gov-26500.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}