California Civil Code PART 2 - PERSONAL RIGHTS

• Section 43.
  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...
• Section 43.1.
  A child conceived, but not yet born, is deemed an existing person, so far as necessary for the child’s interests in the event of the...
• Section 43.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, except the private home or residence of...
• Section 43.4.
  A fraudulent promise to marry or to cohabit after marriage does not give rise to a cause of action for damages.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch.
• Section 43.5.
  No cause of action arises for:(a) Alienation of affection.(b) Criminal conversation.(c) Seduction of a person over the age of legal consent.(d) Breach of promise of marriage.(Added by Stats. 1939,...
• Section 43.55.
  (a) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any peace officer who makes an arrest pursuant...
• Section 43.56.
  No cause of action arises against a foster parent for alienation of affection of a foster child.(Added by renumbering Section 43.55 (as amended by Stats....
• Section 43.6.
  (a) No cause of action arises against a parent of a child based upon the claim that the child should not have been conceived or, if...
• Section 43.7.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any member of a duly...
• Section 43.8.
  (a) In addition to the privilege afforded by Section 47, there shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for...
• Section 43.9.
  (a) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall accrue against, any health care provider for professional negligence on...
• Section 43.91.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any member of a duly appointed committee...
• Section 43.92.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any person who is a psychotherapist as...
• Section 43.93.
  (a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions are applicable:(1) “Psychotherapy” means the professional treatment, assessment, or counseling of a mental or emotional illness, symptom,...
• Section 43.95.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any professional society or any...
• Section 43.96.
  (a) Any medical or podiatric society, health facility licensed or certified under Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of the Health and Safety Code, state agency...
• Section 43.97.
  There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages, other than economic or pecuniary damages, shall arise...
• Section 43.98.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any consultant on account of any communication...
• Section 43.99.
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any person or other legal...
• Section 43.100.a.
  (a) There shall not be any civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall accrue against, a person for property damage or...
• Section 43.101.
  (a) An emergency responder shall not be liable for any damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if that damage was caused while the...
• Section 44.
  Defamation is effected by either of the following:(a) Libel.(b) Slander.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676, Sec. 39.)
• Section 45.
  Libel is a false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye, which exposes any person to hatred,...
• Section 45a.
  A libel which is defamatory of the plaintiff without the necessity of explanatory matter, such as an inducement, innuendo or other extrinsic fact, is said...
• Section 46.
  Slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, and also communications by radio or any mechanical or other means which:1. Charges any person with crime,...
• Section 47.
  A privileged publication or broadcast is one made:(a) In the proper discharge of an official duty.(b) In any (1) legislative proceeding, (2) judicial proceeding, (3) in any...
• Section 47.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 47, a peace officer may bring an action for defamation against an individual who has filed a complaint with that officer’s employing agency...
• Section 48.
  In the case provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 47, malice is not inferred from the communication.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 11....
• Section 48a.
  (a) In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a daily or weekly news publication, or of a slander by radio broadcast,...
• Section 48.5.
  (1) The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such...
• Section 48.7.
  (a) No person charged by indictment, information, or other accusatory pleading of child abuse may bring a civil libel or slander action against the minor, the...
• Section 48.8.
  (a) A communication by any person to a school principal, or a communication by a student attending the school to the student’s teacher or to a...
• Section 48.9.
  (a) An organization which sponsors or conducts an anonymous witness program, and its employees and agents, shall not be liable in a civil action for damages...
• Section 49.
  The rights of personal relations forbid:(a) The abduction or enticement of a child from a parent, or from a guardian entitled to its custody;(b) The seduction of...
• Section [50.].
  Any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of oneself, or of a spouse, child, parent, or other...
• Section 51.
  (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Unruh Civil Rights Act.(b) All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and...
• Section 51.1.
  If a violation of Section 51, 51.5, 51.7, 51.9, or 52.1 is alleged or the application or construction of any of these sections is in...
• Section 51.2.
  (a) Section 51 shall be construed to prohibit a business establishment from discriminating in the sale or rental of housing based upon age. Where accommodations are...
• Section 51.3.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is essential to establish and preserve specially designed accessible housing for senior citizens. There are senior citizens...
• Section 51.4.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the requirements for senior housing under Sections 51.2 and 51.3 are more stringent than the requirements for that housing...
• Section 51.5.
  (a) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever shall discriminate against, boycott or blacklist, or refuse to buy from, contract with, sell to, or trade with...
• Section 51.6.
  (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995.(b) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever may discriminate,...
• Section 51.7.
  (a) All persons within the jurisdiction of this state have the right to be free from any violence, or intimidation by threat of violence, committed against...
• Section 51.8.
  (a) No franchisor shall discriminate in the granting of franchises solely on account of any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section...
• Section 51.9.
  (a) A person is liable in a cause of action for sexual harassment under this section when the plaintiff proves all of the following elements:(1) There is...
• Section 51.10.a.
  (a) Section 51 shall be construed to prohibit a business establishment from discriminating in the sale or rental of housing based upon age. A business establishment...
• Section 51.11.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is essential to establish and preserve housing for senior citizens. There are senior citizens who need special...
• Section 51.12.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the requirements for senior housing under Sections 51.10 and 51.11 are more stringent than the requirements for that housing...
• Section 51.13.
  Any discount or other benefit offered to or conferred on a consumer or prospective consumer by a business because the consumer or prospective consumer has...
• Section 52.
  (a) Whoever denies, aids or incites a denial, or makes any discrimination or distinction contrary to Section 51, 51.5, or 51.6, is liable for each and...
• Section 52.1.
  (a) If a person or persons, whether or not acting under color of law, interferes by threat, intimidation, or coercion, or attempts to interfere by threat,...
• Section 52.2.
  An action pursuant to Section 52 or 54.3 may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. A “court of competent jurisdiction” shall include small...
• Section 52.3.
  (a) No governmental authority, or agent of a governmental authority, or person acting on behalf of a governmental authority, shall engage in a pattern or practice...
• Section 52.4.
  (a) Any person who has been subjected to gender violence may bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party. The plaintiff may seek actual...
• Section 52.45.
  (a) Any person who has been subjected to sexual orientation violence may bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party. The plaintiff may seek...
• Section 52.5.
  (a) A victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, may bring a civil action for actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive...
• Section 52.6.
  (a) Each of the following businesses and other establishments shall, upon the availability of the model notice described in subdivision (d), post a notice that complies...
• Section 52.7.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), a person shall not require, coerce, or compel any other individual to undergo the subcutaneous implanting of an identification...
• Section 53.
  (a) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, leasing, or mortgaging of that real...
• Section 53.7.
  (a) A statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment shall not deny a minority group political structure equal protection of the law...

Last modified: October 22, 2018