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GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 8

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

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