Whenever any notice or publication is required by a provision in this code or any other code or statute of this state to be provided in a specified size of type or printing which is to be measured by points, the size required, unless otherwise specifically defined, shall be determined by the conventional customs and practices of the printing industry and within the tolerances permitted by conventional custom and practice in that industry, except that the provisions of this section shall not be used for purposes of evasion of any requirement for notice or publication.
§ 1019.Size of Type Required Determined By Conventional Customs and Practices of Printing Industry
Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions · Chapter 5. Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers · Enacted 1980 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1019 says that when a statute requires notice or publication in a specified point-size type, the required size is measured by the conventional customs and practices of the printing industry, and the section can't be used as a loophole to evade notice or publication requirements.
Full Text of § 1019
Plain-English Summary
Some statutes require a legal notice to be printed in a minimum type size, measured in points, to make sure it stays readable. This section fills in what "points" means when the statute doesn't define it more specifically: the size gets measured by whatever the printing industry's conventional customs and practices establish, within the tolerances that industry generally allows.
The section closes off an obvious workaround: it can't be used to dodge a notice or publication requirement by exploiting some technical gap in how type size gets measured. The point of any type-size rule is to ensure a notice does its job, and this section keeps that purpose intact.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is required type size measured when a statute specifies a point size but doesn't define it?
By the conventional customs and practices of the printing industry, within the tolerances that industry customarily permits.
Can this section be used to get around a notice or publication requirement?
No. Section 1019 expressly says it can't be used for purposes of evading any requirement for notice or publication.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 199, Sec. 1.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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