§ 2 This Code takes effect at twelve o’clock noon, on the first day of …
§ 3 No part of it is retroactive, unless expressly so declared.
§ 4 The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are …
§ 5 The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the …
§ 6 All persons who at the time this Code takes effect hold office under …
§ 7 When any office is abolished by the repeal of any Act, and such Act …
§ 8 No action or proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and …
§ 9 When a limitation or period of time prescribed in any existing …
§ 10 Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any …
§ 11 Wherever any notice or other communication is required by this code …
§ 12 The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed …
§ 12a (a) If the last day for the performance of any act provided or …
§ 12b If any city, county, state, or public office, other than a branch …
§ 12c (a) Where any law requires an act to be performed no later than …
§ 13 Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity …
§ 13a Any act required by law to be performed on a particular day or within …
§ 13b Any act required by law to be performed on a particular day or within …
§ 14 When the seal of a Court, public officer, or person is required by …
§ 15 Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or …
§ 16 Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the …
§ 17 (a) Words used in this code in the present tense include the …
§ 18 No statute, law, or rule is continued in force because it is …
§ 19 This Act, whenever cited, enumerated, referred to, or amended, may be …
§ 20 Judicial remedies are such as are administered by the Courts of …
§ 21 These remedies are divided into two classes:1. Actions; …
§ 22 An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which …
§ 23 Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
§ 24 Actions are of two kinds:1. Civil; and,2. Criminal.
§ 25 A civil action arises out of:1. An obligation;2. An injury.
§ 26 An obligation is a legal duty, by which one person is bound to do or …
§ 27 An injury is of two kinds:1. To the person; and,2. To …
§ 28 An injury to property consists in depriving its owner of the benefit …
§ 29 Every other injury is an injury to the person.
§ 30 A civil action is prosecuted by one party against another for the …
§ 31 The Penal Code defines and provides for the prosecution of a criminal …
§ 32 When the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal …
§ 32.5 The “jurisdictional classification” of a case means its …
§ 33 A prosecuting attorney, in his or her discretion, may assist in the …
§ 34 An electronic signature, as defined in Section 17, by a court or …