Civ. Code, § 1 · . TITLE OF THE ACT

Civ. Code, § 1

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

This Act shall be known as The Civil Code of the State of California, and is in Four Divisions, as follows:

I.—THE FIRST RELATING TO PERSONS.

II.—THE SECOND TO PROPERTY.

III.—THE THIRD TO OBLIGATIONS.

IV.—THE FOURTH CONTAINS GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE THREE PRECEDING DIVISIONS.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted 1872.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1.
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