Civ. Code, § 19 · . PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Civ. Code, § 19

Verbatim from the official edition

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

Every person who has actual notice of circumstances sufficient to put a prudent person upon inquiry as to a particular fact has constructive notice of the fact itself in all cases in which, by prosecuting such inquiry, he or she might have learned that fact.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 15. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.

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=19.
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Code of Civil Procedure

Code Civ. Proc., § 338Printed as Section 19 of the Civil Code

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