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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 881

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Article 24: Wards and Dependent Children—Juvenile Homes, Ranches and Camps, California Welfare and Institutions Code.

Full text of Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 881

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 881Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
The board of supervisors of any county may, by ordinance, establish juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps, within or without the county, to which persons made wards of the court on the ground of fitting the description in Section 602 may be committed. As far as possible, the provisions of this chapter relating to commitments to the probation officer shall apply to commitments to those juvenile facilities, except that where any ward proves to be unfit to remain in any facility, in the opinion of the superintendent or director thereof, the superintendent or director shall make a recommendation to the probation department for consideration for other commitment. Complete operation and authority for the administration shall be vested in the county.

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