{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1897","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1897","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE [1878. - 1974.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Writings [1895. - 1953.13.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-2/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Public Writings [1895. - 1917.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-2/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The organic law is the Constitution of Government, and is altogether written. Other written laws are denominated statutes. The written law of this State is therefore contained in its Constitution and statutes, and in the Constitution and statutes of the United States.</p>","text":"The organic law is the Constitution of Government, and is altogether written. Other written laws are denominated statutes. The written law of this State is therefore contained in its Constitution and statutes, and in the Constitution and statutes of the United States.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/public-writings-1897","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}