California Civil Code Section 43

CA Civ Code § 43 (2017)  

Besides the personal rights mentioned or recognized in the Government Code, every person has, subject to the qualifications and restrictions provided by law, the right of protection from bodily restraint or harm, from personal insult, from defamation, and from injury to his personal relations.

(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 604.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018