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Civil Code

Title of the Act
Section 1
Preliminary Provisions
Sections 2–21
The Civil Code of the State of California
Effect of the 1872 Codes
Sections 23–23.6
Definitions and Sources of Law
Sections 22–22.2
1
Persons
Sections 38–86
2
Property
Sections 654–1422
3
Obligations
Sections 1427–3273.69
4
General Provisions
Sections 3274–9566
 



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Blank Outline Levels

The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example:

(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]

In this example, (3), (4), and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aide readability.

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