California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 3.5 - Early Ballot Retrieval
Article 1 - Retrieval of Voted Ballots Prior to the Closing of the Polls
Section 20142 - Notification of Places and Time of Early Ballot Retrieval

(a) In accordance with Elections Code section 14422, if the county elections official directs the precinct board to seal ballot containers for ballot retrieval prior to the closing of the polls, the elections official must notify the public at least 48 hours prior to the election.

(b) The notification shall include the dates, estimated times, and places at which ballots will be retrieved prior to the closing of the polls.

(c) The notification shall be conspicuously posted on the county elections official's website, at the office of the elections official, and at any satellite locations.

(d) The elections official shall provide a copy of the notification to the Secretary of State's office in an electronic format for posting on the Secretary of State's website.

(e) Notification of an early ballot retrieval must be conspicuously posted at each polling place where early ballot retrieval will occur immediately prior to the opening of the polls.

(f) In the event an immediate, unplanned, ballot retrieval is necessary, notice is not required, but the procedures set forth in Section 20143 below must be followed.