{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-27700","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 27700","heading":"","body":"The board of supervisors of any county may establish the office of public defender for the county. Any county may join with one or more counties to establish and maintain the office of public defender to serve such counties.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000. - 28085.]","PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS [26500. - 27773.]","CHAPTER 13. Public Defender [27700. - 27711.]"],"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":"998dfb1e744e035fe25af5c2ad36aed9a4c630ff6f3c4a77ef09b5a10f4180e6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-27647","next":"us-ca/gov-27701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}