California Civil Code Statutory History
California Civil Code Statutory History
Civil Code: Numerous sections of the current Civil Code can be traced to the 1872 Codification of the Civil Code. Stephen Field, appointed in 1863 to be a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, brought with him during the 1849 gold rush drafts of the New York Civil Code that were prepared by his brother, New York Code Commissioner David Dudley Field. While New York did not adopt the Commissioner’s drafts, California’s Code Commissioners, Creed Haymond, John Burch, and John McKune, adapted the New York drafts for the new California Code. The 1872 Civil Code contained within its scope those divisions of the law that were defined by Blackstone at that time as “The Rights of Persons” and “The Rights of Things.”
Legislative Research: Each section listed below is a link to a PDF document that sets forth the enactment history for that section. The history cited for each section below is intended to be used for information purposes only and should not be relied upon without confirmation. For questions or sections not listed, Contact Us.
Civil Code Sections
CC Code Section 51: Derived from an uncodified section, enacted in 1897.
CC Code Section 52: Part of the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
CC Code Section 54.3: Added to the Civil Code in 1968.
CC Code Section 798.11: Enacted in 1978.
CC Code Section 798.21: Originally enacted in 1996.
CC Code Section 798.60: Derived from former Civil Code section 789.5, enacted in 1969.
CC Code Section 798.61: Originally enacted in 1986.
CC Code Section 798.78: Enacted by Chapter 198, Statutes of 1979.
CC Code Section 798.86: Derived from former Civil Code section 789.13, enacted in 1975.
CC Code Section 986: Enacted by Chapter 1228, Statutes of 1976.
CC Code Section 1356: Enacted in 1985.
CC Code Section 1747.08: Enacted in 1990.
CC Code Section 1747.09: Enacted in 1999 as former Civil Code section 1747.9.
CC Code Sections 1770 through 1784: The Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
CC Code Section 1788.2: Enacted in 1977.
CC Code Sections 1790 through 1795.8: Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.
CC Code Section 1794: Derived from former Civil Code section 1794 added in 1970.
CC Code Sections 1954 through 1954.535: The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.
CC Code Section 2782: Enacted by Chapter 1327, Statutes of 1967.
CC Code Section 2782.1: Enacted in 1968 by Chapter 466.
CC Code Section 2860: Added to the Civil Code in 1987.
CC Code Section 2932.5: Derived from former Civil Code section 895, enacted in the 1872 codification of the Civil Code.
CC Code Section 2938: Derived from former civil Code sections dating back to 1991.
CC Code Section 2944: Added in 1963.
CC Code Section 2954.9: Enacted in 1974.
CC Code Section 3137: Enacted in 1872 as former Code of Civil Procedure section 1191.
CC Code Section 3172: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure section 1184a, enacted in 1919.
CC Code Section 3260: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure section 1196, enacted in the 1872 codification of the Code of Civil Procedure.
CC Code Section 3295: Enacted in 1979.
CC Code Section 3344: Enacted by Chapter 1595, Statutes of 1971.
CC Code Section 3482.5: Enacted in 1981.
CC Code Section 7100: Derived from former Business and Professions Code sections 12604.5 and 13300.
