{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-71196","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 71196","heading":"","body":"Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS [71000. - 73001.]","PART 2. FORMATION [71050. - 71196.]","CHAPTER 6. Establishment of District [71190. - 71196.]"],"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":"f6c881a2325bd4e037c9100f8b1ed28a4149e897e2941ab39769922538a90dd9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-71195","next":"us-ca/wat-71250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}