ARTICLE 3. Age Limits [45050. - 45054.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 3.
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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 45050. Section 45050.

The ordinance establishing the system shall provide that minimum or maximum age limits for any civil service examination shall not be established and that age shall not be a minimum qualification for any city employment in the classified service.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 45051. Section 45051.

The ordinance shall provide that any person possessing all the minimum qualifications for the position is eligible to take any civil service examination, regardless of age, and that the commission, the personnel officer, or any appointing power shall not adopt any rule prohibiting the employment of any person, otherwise qualified, in any city employment solely because of age.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 45052. Section 45052.

This article does not require nor authorize any city to employ any person in a particular city employment if he has attained the retirement age for that particular employment prescribed by any city employees’ retirement system.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 45053. Section 45053.

A person shall not be employed in city employment while he is receiving a retirement allowance under a city employees’ retirement system of such city by reason of prior service with such city.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 45054. Section 45054.

This article does not prevent the legislative body from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of policemen or firemen.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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