Sheriff Election — Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Sonora hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Yosemite remains federal · Sonora PD remains a city badge
The 2028 oval in Sonora — not the 2026 Governor, not Yosemite 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 Tuolumne 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.
Tuolumne hires a Sheriff who still holds Dambacher — NPS is not this oval
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Tuolumne is general law — no charter opt-out of AB 759.
- 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). 1 January 2029 falls on a Monday, so that is Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304). The undersheriff temporarily discharges until the Board fills it (§ 24105). A mid-term appointment does not invent a 2026 oval on the ordinary clock.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit — not this oval. A Yosemite rumor does not hire this badge. Calaveras County is a different county. Sonora is the seat. Sacramento is the capital.
Clerk and Auditor elections work sits at 2 South Green — not City Hall as this clerk
Elections work for Tuolumne County lists with the Clerk / Auditor-Controller at 2 South Green Street, Second Floor — (209) 533-5570, [email protected]. That is county elections work — not Sonora City Hall as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and tuolumnecounty.ca.gov.
Sample ballot in Tuolumne County — not Calaveras as this county
Do not take names from a Calaveras rumor, a Yosemite visitor card, a Groveland municipal flyer, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and Tuolumne County Clerk / Auditor-Controller / Elections
- Tuolumne County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official listing at the Sheriff-Coroner door
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — Mother Lode remainder patrol and a Justice Center house
You are hiring the Sheriff-Coroner of Tuolumne County, California — unincorporated patrol from the Stanislaus line to the Sierra crest; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 12855 Justice Center Drive; and J.H. Dambacher Detention Facility at 12915 Justice Center Drive. You are not hiring Sonora Police. You are not hiring NPS. You are not hiring CDCR. You are not hiring Calaveras County. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Dambacher as this jailer, Sonora as the seat not the capital, Yosemite as federal, Sonora PD as not this oval, and Autauga-with-granite as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Groveland remainder
A bad service in unincorporated remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. A booking at Dambacher — still this Sheriff. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Sonora PD. Not a Park gate as this oval.
Relief when 108 closes or the Sierra burns
Fire in the oak hills, a wreck on 108, Sonora Pass closed, a night road outside Twain Harte — this county’s mutual aid first. Calaveras is a different count. Mariposa is a different count. Yosemite is a different sovereign. Sonora city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Justice Center docket, a night shift toward Twain Harte
Papers. A courtroom at 12855. Night hours the office actually posts. Dambacher remains this badge. Sonora PD does not. SCC does not.
Due process does not wait for a Yosemite rumor
A levy in unincorporated Tuolumne County still needs notice. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the Park, or because a visitor photographed Sonora as if it were San Andreas.
Rights from Columbia remainder to Pinecrest without becoming NPS
Equal protection on the Mother Lode map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Dambacher and a family in Groveland remainder hire the same Sheriff.