Notice is:
1. Actual—which consists in express information of a fact; or,
2. Constructive—which is imputed by law.
Cal. Civ. Code § 18
EFFECT OF THE 1872 CODES
Known as the The Civil Code
The act spans §§ 1–23 (29 sections).
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 153 Cal. App. 4th 1308 - E-Fab, Inc. v. Accountants, Inc. Services (2007)
Most recently applied in Sullivan v. Centinela Valley Union High School District (April 2011)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.