All persons who at the time this Code takes effect hold office under any of the Acts repealed, continue to hold the same according to the tenure thereof, except those offices which are not continued by one of the Codes adopted at this session of the Legislature.
§ 6.Tenure of officers preserved
Preliminary Provisions · Enacted 1872 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 6 lets officeholders whose positions survive under the new codes keep holding office on the same terms as before, even though the older law creating those offices was repealed.
Full Text of § 6
Plain-English Summary
California adopted several codes at the same 1872 legislative session, repealing a wide swath of older statutes in the process. Section 6 makes sure that housekeeping didn’t empty out public offices along the way. Anyone who held office under one of the repealed acts keeps holding it, on the same terms, so long as the office itself survives in one of the new codes.
The only offices this doesn’t protect are ones the new codes chose not to continue at all — those are addressed by Section 7 instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did repealing the old statutes in 1872 remove people from office?
No. Section 6 lets officeholders keep their positions under the same tenure, as long as the office continues under one of the newly adopted codes.
What if an office isn’t continued in the new codes at all?
Section 7 covers that situation — the office ceases when the codes take effect.
Amendment History
Enacted 1872.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
· Official source
Also known as: tenure of officers CCP section 6