California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10 — Actions in Particular Cases, Chapter 5 — Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or Franchise, Section 811
The action provided for in this chapter may be maintained by the board of supervisors of any county or city and county or the legislative body of any municipal corporation, respectively, in the name of such county, city and county or municipal corporation against any person who usurps, intrudes into or unlawfully holds or exercises any franchise, or portion thereof, within the respective territorial limits of such county, city and county or municipal corporation and which is of a kind that is within the jurisdiction of such board or body to grant or withhold.
Notes
Allows a county board of supervisors or municipal legislative body to maintain an action, in the public entity’s name, against a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a franchise or part of one within the entity’s territory, but only when that franchise is of a kind the board or body may grant or withhold.
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