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About County Sheriff
About this position
- Office level
- County
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Typical salary
- $213,829.10 / year
- Commitment level
- Full Time
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for County Sheriff
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
Candidate must be a U.S. citizen, a registered voter, and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Filing fee is 1% of the first year salary as of the first day on which a candidate may circulate petitions in-lieu of filing fees; signature requirement if the number of registered voters in the district in which a candidate seeks nomination is 2,000 or more is three signatures of registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee, or 7 percent of the total of registered voters in the district, whichever is less; if the number of registered voters in the district in which a candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, requirement is three signatures of registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee, or 14 percent of the total of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination, whichever is less.
- Filing period
- February 14, 2022 - March 11, 2022
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the county clerk's office.
- Where to file
- 3501 Civic Center Dr, Rm 121, San Rafael, CA 94903
- Filing phone
- 415-473-6456
- Step 3
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