{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"19","citation":"Civ. Code, § 19","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/preliminary-provisions"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 15.   (AB 1516)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/preliminary-provisions-19","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}