California Code
Government Code - GOV
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. - 1. This act shall be known as the Government Code....

Section 2. - 2. The provisions of this code in so far as...

Section 3. - 3. All persons who at the time this code takes...

Section 4. - 4. No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes...

Section 5. - 5. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these...

Section 6. - 6. Title, division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do...

Section 7. - 7. Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty...

Section 7.5. - 7.5. Whenever, by any law, the director of any state...

Section 7.6. - 7.6. (a) If by law, any officer whose office is...

Section 7.7. - 7.7. The provisions of Sections 7.5 and 7.6 do not...

Section 7.8. - 7.8. Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the...

Section 7.9. - 7.9. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 7.9a. - 7.9a. At the request of the Controller, two employees of...

Section 8. - 8. Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of...

Section 9. - 9. Whenever reference is made to any portion of this...

Section 10. - 10. “Section” means a section of this code unless some...

Section 11. - 11. The present tense includes the past and future tenses;...

Section 12. - 12. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (Enacted...

Section 12.2. - 12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section...

Section 12.5. - 12.5. The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms...

Section 13. - 13. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural...

Section 14. - 14. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by...

Section 15. - 15. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Section 16. - 16. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or...

Section 16.5. - 16.5. (a) In any written communication with a public entity,...

Section 17. - 17. “Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited...

Section 18. - 18. “State” means the State of California, unless applied to...

Section 19. - 19. “County” includes city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1943,...

Section 20. - 20. “City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town,” but...

Section 21. - 21. “Town” includes “unincorporated town” and “village.” (Enacted by Stats....

Section 22. - 22. “Process” includes a writ or summons issued in the...

Section 23. - 23. If any provision of this code, or the application...

Section 24. - 24. The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term...

Section 25. - 25. (a) For purposes of this code, “assessed value” means...

Section 26. - 26. For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or...