Marin County, California - We got a letter from a viewer who said a number of Marin County health inspection placards on the front on restaurants and other food sellers seem to be expired and lacking a current safety inspection.

Marin is one of the state's top three wealthiest counties and is a bit behind on some inspections if you read the placard closely.

On Thursday afternoon, KTVU's Tom Vacar walked both sides of 12 blocks of Novato's Grant Avenue, checking every county restaurant's "PASS" sign. The state mandates every restaurant, cafe, food seller,and grocery store be inspected once a year, plus a lot more including all public swimming pools.

"It seems like it would be fairly important so that we know the places that we're eating are safe and we know the level of cleanliness," s

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