Filing Officers

Tools for Filing Officers reviewing campaign statements or the Form 700.

Campaign Filing Officer Duties

View Campaign Filing Officer duties and resources including campaign forms, review checklists, and form retention schedules. 

Form 700 Filing Officer Duties

View Form 700 Filing Officer responsibilities and duties for officials who have assuming, annual, and leaving office filing obligations.

Conflict of Interest Code Rules

View the Conflict of Interest Code fundamentals and components for State, Multi-County, and Local Government Agencies . 

Mission of Filing Officers

Filing officers play an important role in helping to ensure provisions of the Political Reform Act are effectively and efficiently administered. To achieve this goal, the officers are required to perform specified duties under the Act, including providing public access to disclosure statements, following up on those who fail to file, and reviewing filed statements for errors and omissions. The duties are listed in Regulation 18110 for processing campaign statements and Regulation 18115 for processing Statements of Economic Interests (Form 700).

Providing Public Access and Reproduction Charges

All statements filed pursuant to the Act are public documents and must be available for public inspection and reproduction during regular business hours no later than the second business day after they were received.

Notifying Non-Filers

Filing officers must notify all persons who fail to file a statement required by law in a timely manner. Notification may be made by telephone or in writing, including by e-mail.

Enforcement Referrals

Filing officers are required to report apparent violations of the Act to the appropriate agency. An apparent violation exists if the filing officer knows or has reason to believe a statement contains material inaccuracies or omissions, or when a filer fails to file all or part of a statement after reasonable notice has been provided. 

Form 700 Electronic Filing for Statements that are Forwarded to FPPC

The FPPC has implemented an electronic filing system for the nearly 25,000 statements filed with us.

Request Advice

If you have questions about your obligations under the Act, you can request advice directly from FPPC staff.

FPPC Training & Outreach

The FPPC offers a variety of training opportunities to provide the necessary tools to ensure transparency in campaign finance reporting and conflict of interest disclosure.