{
  "section": "4055",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4055",
  "heading": "When an Electronic Record Satisfies a Writing Requirement",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2022-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 640, Sec. 5. (SB 392) Effective January 1, 2022.",
  "official_credit_line": "Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 640, Sec. 5. (SB 392) Effective January 1, 2022.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4055.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/notice",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "last_checked": "2026-11-03",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page sits behind a bot challenge; this is the same database that backs it."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_4055",
      "accessed": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "intro",
      "label": "",
      "text": "If the association or a member receives information by electronic delivery pursuant to Section 4040, and a provision of this act requires that the information be in writing, that requirement is satisfied if the information is provided in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/notice#s4055-intro"
    }
  ]
}