{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-75002","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 75002","heading":"","body":"“Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or of a court of appeal, or a judge of a superior court, municipal court, or justice court. A retired justice court judge does not acquire status as a judge for the purposes of this chapter by reason of designation as a judge pro tempore of, or assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council to, any of these courts.\n“Judge” shall not mean a justice court judge who elected pursuant to Section 75029.5 to be restored to membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 8. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS [68070. - 77655.]","CHAPTER 11. Judges’ Retirement Law [75000. - 75111.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [75000. - 75006.6.]"],"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":"b1c9c483a9353c0b1b168e598c0d78eb1ebaec7edc25615db9ec263fc2621783","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-75001","next":"us-ca/gov-75003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}