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Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 9 – Display of the United States and State Flags

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51090.11 Displaying the POW/MIA Flag on Specified Holidays

  • The Governor of the State of California annually proclaims the third Friday of September to be known as POW/MIAMissing In Action Recognition Day. The Legislature requests all State agencies that fly the U.S.United States and State flags to also fly the POW/MIAMissing In Action flag, to the extent it is structurally feasible on the following holidays: Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, July 4; National POW/MIAMissing In Action Recognition Day, the third Friday in September; and Veterans Day, November 11. If June 14, July 4, or November 11 fall upon a Saturday, the flag shall be flown on the Friday preceding. If any of the aforementioned dates fall on a Sunday, the flag shall be flown on the following Monday.

  • The POW/MIAMissing In Action flag shall be flown in ascending position of honor, beneath or to the right of the U.S.United States flag and the State flag.