California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General

• Section [2168.].
   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-eight. Every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is a common...
• Section 2169.
  A common carrier must, if able to do so, accept and carry whatever is offered to him, at a reasonable time and place, of a...
• Section 2170.
  A common carrier must not give preference in time, price, or otherwise, to one person over another. Every common carrier of passengers by railroad, or...
• Section 2171.
  A common carrier must always give a preference in time, and may give a preference in price, to the United States and to this State.(Enacted
• Section [2172.].
   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-two. A common carrier must start at such time and place as he announces to the public, unless detained by accident...
• Section 2173.
  A common carrier is entitled to a reasonable compensation and no more, which he may require to be paid in advance. If payment thereof is...
• Section [2174.].
   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-four. The obligations of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on his part, but may be limited by...
• Section 2175.
  A common carrier cannot be exonerated, by any agreement made in anticipation thereof, from liability for the gross negligence, fraud, or willful wrong of himself...
• Section [2176.].
   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-six. A passenger, consignor, or consignee, by accepting a ticket, bill of lading, or written contract for carriage, with a knowledge...
• Section [2177.].
   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-seven. A common carrier is not responsible for loss or miscarriage of a letter, or package having the form of a...
• Section 2178.
  A common carrier of property by steam or electric railroad which accepts for transportation, storage, handling or safe-keeping, as a part of or in connection...

Last modified: October 22, 2018