No action or proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by its provisions.
Cal. Civ. Code § 6
EFFECT OF THE 1872 CODES
Known as the The Civil Code
The act spans §§ 1–23 (29 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 40 Cal. App. 2d 381 - Sobey v. Molony (1940)
Most recently applied in 40 Cal. App. 2d 381 - Sobey v. Molony (August 1940)
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.