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TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY 23000-23732›CHAPTER 2. Boundaries 23070-23296›ARTICLE 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties 23100-23158
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California Government Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The boundaries of Marin County are as follows:
Beginning in the Pacific Ocean at the southwestern corner of Sonoma; thence southeasterly along the southern line of Sonoma, to the mouth of Petaluma Creek; thence to the common corner of Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa, and Solano, in San Pablo Bay; thence southerly along the western boundary of Contra Costa, in the Bay of San Pablo, to the middle of the Straits of San Pablo; thence southerly, in a direct line, to Invincible Rock, in the Bay of San Francisco, near the entrance of the Straits of San Pablo; thence, in a direct line, to the northwestern point of Red Rock; thence southerly to the extreme southerly point of Angel Island; thence southwesterly to the extreme end of Point Cavallo at low-water mark; thence on the line of low-water mark along the northern shore of the bay to Point Bonita, and three miles into the Pacific Ocean, to the northwestern corner of San Francisco; thence northwesterly by ocean shore to the place of beginning.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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