California Code

Sources of California Law

The Governor, California State Legislature and the Supreme Court of California lead the three branches of government in the State of California.

The main source of state law is the California Constitution and the state codes, as interpreted by state and federal courts, including the California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Regulations from administrative agencies are published in the California Regulatory Notice Register and are codified in the California Code of Regulations. The California Building Standards Code is available from the California Building Standards Commission.

• Business and Professions Code - BPC
• Civil Code - CIV
• Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
• Commercial Code - COM
• Corporations Code - CORP
• Education Code - EDC
• Elections Code - ELEC
• Evidence Code - EVID
• Family Code - FAM
• Financial Code - FIN
• Fish and Game Code - FGC
• Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
• Government Code - GOV
• Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
• Health and Safety Code - HSC
• Insurance Code - INS
• Labor Code - LAB
• Military and Veterans Code - MVC
• Penal Code - PEN
• Probate Code - PROB
• Public Contract Code - PCC
• Public Resources Code - PRC
• Public Utilities Code - PUC
• Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
• Streets and Highways Code - SHC
• Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC
• Vehicle Code - VEH
• Water Code - WAT
• Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

Last modified: September 9, 2016