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Code of Civil Procedure § 1897

ARTICLE 2. Public Writings

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1897Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

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.