DIVISION 1. PERSONS 38-86›PART 2. PERSONAL RIGHTS 43-53.7

§ 43

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Besides the personal rights mentioned or recognized in the Government Code, every person has, subject to the qualifications and restrictions provided by law, the right of protection from bodily restraint or harm, from personal insult, from defamation, and from injury to his personal relations.

(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 604.)

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