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.
Cal. Civ. Code § 19
EFFECT OF THE 1872 CODES
Known as the The Civil Code
The act spans §§ 1–23 (29 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 37 - Baxter v. Cal. State Teachers' Ret. Sys. (2017)
Most recently applied in Zissler v. Saville (November 2018)
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 15
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.