§ 19

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person who has actual notice of circumstances sufficient to put a prudent person upon inquiry as to a particular fact has constructive notice of the fact itself in all cases in which, by prosecuting such inquiry, he or she might have learned that fact.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 15. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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