California codes are arranged in 29 subject categories. California does not publish an official printed code. Commercially published annotated codes are used instead. Both Lexis and West publish annotated codes providing subject arrangement access to the laws of California.
The California statutes are arranged in subject categories and not numerically. The researcher must use the subject category and the section number in order to locate a statute. For example, California's murder statute is located in the Penal Code subject category, sections 187-199 (Cal. Penal Code § 187-199 (2004)) and California's robbery statute would be located in Cal. Penal Code § 211-215 (2004).
| Business & Professions: KFC30.5 .D4 B84 | Labor: KFC30.5 .D4 L3 |
| Civil: KFC30.5 .D4 C56 | Military & Veterans: KFC30.5 .D4 M5 |
| Civil Procedure: KFC30.5 .D4 C58 | Penal: KFC30.5 .D4 P45 |
| Corporations: KFC30.5 .D4 C68 | Probate: KFC30.5 .D4 P76 |
| Education: KFC30.5 .D4 E4 | Public Contract: KFC30.5 .D4 P78 |
| Elections: KFC30.5 .D4 E44 | Public Resources: KFC30.5 .D4 P84 |
| Evidence: KFC30.5 .D4 E8 | Public Utilities: KFC30.5 .D4 P86 |
| Family: KFC30.5 .D4 F35 | Revenue and Taxation: KFC30.5 .D4 R4 |
| Financial: KFC30.5 .D4 F53 | Streets & Highways: KFC30.5 .D4 S75 |
| Fish & Game: KFC30.5 .D4 F55 | Unemployment: KFC30.5 .D4 U5 |
| Food & Agricultural: KFC30.5 .D4 A37 | Uniform Commercial: KFC30.5 .D4 C65 |
| Government: KFC30.5 .D4 G6 | Vehicle: KFC30.5 .D4 V4 |
| Harbors & Navigation: KFC30.5 .D4 H37 | Water: KFC30.5 .D4 W37 |
| Health & Safety: KFC30.5 .D4 H4 | Welfare & Institutions: KFC30.5 .D4 W44 |
| Insurance: KFC30.5 .D4 I57 |
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