California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1898

Statutes are public or private. A private statute is one which concerns only certain designated individuals, and affects only their private rights. All other statutes are public, in which are included statutes creating or affecting corporations.

Cite this section

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1898 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/ccp/part-4-miscellaneous-provisions/title-2-of-the-kinds-and-degrees-of-evidence/chapter-3-writings/article-2-public-writings/section-1898

Other sections in Article 2 - Public Writings

§ 1895§ 1896§ 1897§ 1898§ 1899§ 1904§ 1908§ 1908.5§ 1909§ 1910§ 1911§ 1912§ 1913§ 1914§ 1916§ 1917

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