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How Many Sections Are in California’s Codes (Statutes)?

There are more than 100 and less than 11,000

By Chris Micheli, June 9, 2022 6:20 am

How Many Sections Are in California’s Codes (Statutes)? Have you ever wondered the answer to this question? No?! Perhaps I am the only one who has. The following are the number of actual sections contained in each of the 29 California Codes:

Business and Professions Code – BPC – 10,036 Sections


Civil Code – CIV
– 3,710 Sections

Code of Civil Procedure – CCP – 3,283 Sections

Commercial Code – COM – 646 Sections

Corporations Code – CORP – 2,405 Sections

Education Code – EDC – 11,061 Sections

Elections Code – ELEC – 2,280 Sections

Evidence Code – EVID – 502 Sections

Family Code – FAM – 1,715 Sections

Financial Code – FIN – 3,335 Sections

Fish and Game Code – FGC – 2,275 Sections

Food and Agricultural Code – FAC – 9,760 Sections

Government Code – GOV – 21,114 Sections

Harbors and Navigation Code – HNC – 1,290 Sections

Health and Safety Code – HSC – 16,740 Sections

Insurance Code – INS – 4,479 Sections

Labor Code – LAB – 2,520 Sections

Military and Veterans Code – MVC – 1,206 Sections

Penal Code – PEN – 5,638 Sections

Probate Code – PROB – 2,672 Sections

Public Contract Code – PCC – 1,571 Sections

Public Resources Code – PRC – 7,653 Sections

Public Utilities Code – PUC – 7,441 Sections

Revenue and Taxation Code – RTC – 7,068 Sections

Streets and Highways Code – SHC – 4,572 Sections

Unemployment Insurance Code – UIC – 904 Sections

Vehicle Code – VEH – 3,458 Sections

Water Code – WAT – 10,058 Sections

Welfare and Institutions Code – WIC – 6,874 Sections

So, there are a total of 156,266 sections contained in the 29 California Codes. In other words, there are 156,266 individual statutes in California as of June 2022.

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