California Civil Code

§ 41

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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CIV § 41 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 1 · Part 1

Statute text

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A person of unsound mind, of whatever degree, is civilly liable for a wrong done by the person, but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the person was capable of knowing that the act was wrongful.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.