The following is a list of crimes, the conviction of which precludes a person from holding public office in the State of California. Conviction of these crimes renders a person “forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.”
- Bribing executive officer (Penal Code §67)
- Officer asking or receiving bribes (Penal Code §§ 68,88)
- Receiving gratuity for appointment to office (Penal Code §74)
- A judicial officer who has asked for or received emoluments, gratuities, rewards, or the fee of a stenographer (Penal Code §94)
- Giving or offering bribes to councilman or supervisor (Penal Code §165)
- Misappropriation of public funds (Penal Code §424)
- Interference with work or discipline of, or giving certain articles to prisoners (Penal Code §2772)
- Interference with or giving certain articles to convicts (Penal Code §2790)
- Officer making contracts in which they are interested (Government Code §1097)
- Members of the Legislature convicted of any crime (Government Code §9055)
- Corrupting the voting process (Elections Code §18501)
- Convicted of a felony involving accepting, giving, or offering of any bribe, embezzlement or theft of public funds, extortion, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any such crime, except if a pardon has been granted in accordance with law (Elections Code §20)
