DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 3. PERSONAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY 946-998›TITLE 2. PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY 953.-998›CHAPTER 3. Products of the Mind 980-989

§ 985

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

Letters and other private communications in writing belong to the person to whom they are addressed and delivered; but they cannot be published against the will of the writer, except by authority of law.

(Enacted 1872.)

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