{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"985","citation":"Civ. Code, § 985","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY [946. - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY [[953.] - 998.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind [980. - 989.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-3/title-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Letters and other private communications in writing belong to the person to whom they are addressed and delivered; but they cannot be published against the will of the writer, except by authority of law.</p>","text":"Letters and other private communications in writing belong to the person to whom they are addressed and delivered; but they cannot be published against the will of the writer, except by authority of law.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/products-of-the-mind-985","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}