Sheriff Election — Marin County, California
Marin County, California, Sheriff · the arena · San Rafael hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · San Quentin remains CDCR · San Francisco remains a different county
The 2028 oval in San Rafael — not the 2026 Governor, not San Francisco, not San Quentin as this hire
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Marin County, California.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. California moved sheriff and district attorney to the presidential table. The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Sacramento.
San Rafael hires a Sheriff who still holds Peter Behr — CDCR is not this oval
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Marin did not opt out.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022.
- Next regular: the 2028 presidential primary. If no majority under §§ 8140–8141, runoff at the presidential general. Confirm the live 2028 date on the California SOS elections calendar.
- Take office: noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding election (Gov. Code § 24200). For 2028 that is the first Monday after 1 January 2029. 1 January 2029 is a Monday, so Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304). Undersheriff temporarily discharges (§ 24105).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit — staggered desks, not this oval. A San Quentin rumor does not hire this badge. San Francisco is a different county. Novato is a city. Sacramento is the capital. San Rafael is the seat. San Quentin is CDCR.
Elections work sits on Civic Center Drive — not City Hall as this clerk
Elections Department work for Marin County lists on the Civic Center campus at 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael. That is county elections work — not San Rafael City Hall as this clerk, not a San Francisco clerk as this clerk, not Novato as a second board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and marincounty.gov/departments/elections.
Sample ballot in Marin County, California — not San Francisco as the county
Do not take names from a San Francisco rumor, a San Quentin flyer, a Novato municipal card, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Marin County Elections Department
- Marin County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Marin County Sheriff listing at marinsheriff.gov
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. A majority in the primary can finish the race without a November reprint — confirm the Registrar, do not invent a missing race. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — Golden Gate-north remainder patrol and a Peter Behr house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Marin County, California — unincorporated patrol across Marin City, Kentfield, Bolinas, Point Reyes, and the remainder; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 3501 Civic Center Drive; and Marin County Jail at 13 Peter Behr Drive. You are not hiring San Rafael Police. You are not hiring San Quentin / CDCR. You are not hiring San Francisco. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Peter Behr as this jailer, San Rafael as the seat not the capital, San Quentin as CDCR, San Francisco as a different county, and Autauga-with-a-bridge as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Bolinas remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Marin City remainder or Point Reyes remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not San Rafael PD. Not San Quentin. Not San Francisco as this oval.
Relief when the Tomales floods or Mount Tam burns
High water on Tomales Bay, a wreck on 101, fog on Sir Francis Drake, fire on Mount Tamalpais, a night road outside Point Reyes — this county’s mutual aid first. Sonoma is a different count. San Francisco is a different government. San Rafael city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Civic Center docket, a night shift toward Point Reyes
Papers. A San Rafael courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated 101 frontage remains this badge. Peter Behr remains this badge. San Quentin does not.
Due process does not wait for a Golden Gate rumor
A levy in unincorporated Marin County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the Golden Gate, or because a visitor photographed San Quentin as if it were this house.
Rights from Sausalito to Novato without becoming CDCR
Equal protection on the Golden Gate-north map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Peter Behr and a family in San Rafael hire the same Sheriff.