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§ 2. — 2. (Enacted 1872.)

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This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

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Legislative History

Enacted 1872.

Nearby Sections

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§ 2.
2. (Enacted 1872.)
§ 20.
20. (Enacted 1872.)
§ 2000.
2000. (Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1192.)
§ 2001.
2001. (Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1192.)
§ 20010.
20010. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20015.
20015. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 2002.
2002. (Added by renumbering Section 2008 by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
§ 20110.
20110. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 86.)
§ 20150.
20150. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20155.
20155. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 185, Sec. 4.)
§ 20160.
20160. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20165.
20165. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20170.
20170. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20175.
20175. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
§ 20180.
20180. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.)
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