{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-27701","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 27701","heading":"","body":"A person is not eligible to the office of public defender unless he has been a practicing attorney in all of the courts of the State for at least the year preceding the date of his election or appointment.","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":"b43eddbd09536473d98eb7b75f54cc661ad2fad4e9731c2addb6aa2318270f85","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-27700","next":"us-ca/gov-27702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}