California CodesCivil Code - CIVPreliminary ProvisionsSection 19

Every person who has actual notice of circumstances sufficient to put a prudent person upon inquiry as to a particular fact has constructive notice of the fact itself in all cases in which, by prosecuting such inquiry, he or she might have learned that fact.

Notes

Gives a person constructive notice of a fact when that person has actual notice of circumstances sufficient to put a prudent person on inquiry about it, in every case where pursuing that inquiry might have led that person to learn the fact.

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