California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 7 — Carriage, Chapter 5 — Common Carriers, Article 1 — Common Carriers in General, Section 2171

A common carrier must always give a preference in time, and may give a preference in price, to the United States and to this State.

Notes

Requires a common carrier always to give the United States and the State a preference in time when providing carriage. Allows the carrier also to give the United States and the State a preference in price, but the statutory duty itself concerns the required preference in time.

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