Section 12.2.

12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 92. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Section 14.

14. “County” includes “city and county.” (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

Section 15.

15. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

Section 16.

16. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

Section 17.

17. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or […]

Section 18.

18. If any provison of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid the remainder of the code, and the application of its provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)