Title of the Act

Section § 1

Explanation

This section introduces the Civil Code of California, which is split into four main parts. The first part deals with laws about people, the second part is about property, the third part covers obligations, and the fourth part includes general rules that apply to the first three sections.

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.
Civil Code structure divisions of law laws about persons ...