2010 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
Article 4. Mentally Retarded Persons

6740.  The court shall attach to the order of commitment of a
mentally retarded person its findings and conclusions, together with
all the social and other data it has bearing upon the case, and the
same shall be delivered to the home with the order.




6741.  The sheriff or probation officer, whichever may be designated
by the court, may execute the order of commitment with respect to
any mentally retarded person.
   In any case in which the probation officer executes the order of
commitment, he shall be compensated for transporting such person to a
state hospital in the amount and manner in which a sheriff is
compensated for similar services.