-- Last revised 9/14/23 --

Completed or Otherwise Inactive Studies

This page lists Law Revision Commission studies that were completed or are otherwise currently inactive. Studies conducted prior to the Commission's launch of a website in the mid-1990s are not listed here. Follow the links to learn more about a project and to download related memoranda and reports.

Administrative Law	Obsolete Reporting Requirements (Study N-50) Rulemaking Under Penal Code Section 5058 (Study N-304) Administrative Rulemaking Cleanup (Study N-306) Administrative Rulemaking Refinements (Study N-307) Judicial Review of Emergency Rulemaking (Study N-308)
Arbitration Law	Contractual Arbitration Improvements from Other Jurisdictions (Study A-100)
Business Law	Financial Privacy (Study B-400) Unincorporated Associations (Study B-501) Unfair Competition (Study B-700)
Criminal Law	Criminal Sentencing (Study M-200) Deadly Weapons (Study M-300) Deadly Weapons: Minor Clean-Up Issues (Study M-301) Review of Criminal Procedures Under Trial Court Unification (Study M-1330)
Debtor-Creditor Relations	Decennial Review of Exemptions from Enforcement of Money Judgments (Study D-355) Exemptions from Enforcement of Money Judgments: Third Decennial Review (Study D-356) Debtor-Creditor Technical Revisions (Study D-1003) Municipal Bankruptcy (Ch. 9) (Study D-1100) Recognition of Tribal and Foreign Court Money Judgments (Study D-1200) Homestead Exemption (Study D-1300)
Discovery	Reorganization of Discovery Statute (Study J-5040) Civil Discovery Improvements (Studies J-503, 505 & 506)
Eminent Domain	Evidence of Prejudgment Deposit Appraisal in Eminent Domain (Study Em-459) Precondemnation Activities (Study Em-560)
Estate Planning, Probate, and Trusts	Trust Rules of Construction (Study L-605) Donative Transfer Restrictions (Study L-622) Presumptively Disqualified Fiduciary (Study L-623) Revision of No Contest Clause Statute (Study L-637) Inheritance Involving Nonmarital Child (Study L-661) Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act (Study L-750) Estate Planning During Marital Dissolution  (Study FHL-911) Multiple Party Accounts: Ownership of Amounts on Deposit (Study L-1064) Probate Code Technical Corrections (Study L-2011) Revocable Transfer on Death (TOD) Deed (Study L-3032) Health Care Decisions for Adults Without Decisionmaking Capacity  (Studies L-4004, L-4002, and L-4003) Health Care Decisions Law: Miscellaneous Revisions  (Study L-4004) Revocable Transfer on Death (TOD) Deed-Follow-Up Study (Study L-3032.1) Stock Cooperatives and Uniform TOD Security Registration Act (Study L-3032.5) Nonprobate Transfers: Creditor Claims and Family Protections (Study L-4100) Disposition of Estate Without Administration (Study L-4130)
Evidence	Review of California Evidence Code (Study K-200) Waiver of Privilege by Disclosure (Study K-301) Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Study K-350) Relationship Between Mediation Confidentiality and Attorney Malpractice and Other Misconduct (Study K-402) Evidence Code Changes Required by Electronic Communications  (Study K-500) Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions (Study K-600)
Family Law	Enforcement of Money Judgment Under Family Code (Study F-1301)
Government	Charter Schools and the Government Claims Act (Study G-200) Government Interruption of Communication Services (Study G-301) California Public Records Act Clean-Up (Study G-400)
Judiciary and Civil Procedure	Oral Argument in Civil Procedure (Study J-103) Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice (Study J-111) Authority of Court Commissioners  (Study J-651) Award of Costs and Contractual Attorney's Fees to Prevailing Party (Study J-901) Authority to Appoint Receivers  (Study J-1302) Cases in Which Court Reporter Is Required (Study J-1306) Law Library Board of Trustees  (Study J-1307) Expired Pilot Projects  (Study J-1309) Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification (Study J-1310) Trial Court Unification: Publication of Legal Notice (Study J-1314) Civil Procedure: Technical Corrections  (Study J-1320) Unnecessary Procedural Differences Between Limited and Unlimited Civil Cases  (Study J-1320) Jurisdictional Limits for Small Claims and Limited Civil Cases (Study J-1321) Equitable Relief in a Limited Civil Case (Study J-1323) Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring (Studies J-1400 - J-1452)
Mechanics Liens	Mechanics Lien Law (Studies H-820 & H-821) Stay of Mechanic's Lien Enforcement Pending Arbitration (Study J-1304)
Privacy	Financial Privacy (Study B-400)
Real Property	Marketable Title Act: Unexercised Option (Study H-403)   Community Redevelopment Law Cleanup (Study H-750)   Common Interest Development Law Common Interest Development Law Generally (Study H-850) Nonjudicial Dispute Resolution Under CID Law (Study H-851) Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (Study H-852) State Oversight of Common Interest Developments (Study H-853) Common Interest Development CC&Rs and Local Regulation (Study H-854) Statutory Clarification and Simplification of CID Law (Study H-855) Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Developments (Study H-856) Small Associations (Study H-857) Commercial and Industrial Subdivisions (Study H-858) Mechanics Liens and Common Area (Study H-859) Emergency Teleconference Meetings (Study X-100)
Resources	Fish and Game Law (Study R-100)
Technical	Technical and Minor Substantive Corrections (Studies T-100 & T-101) Obsolete Cross-References to Former Code of Civil Procedure Section 116.780(d) (Study T-102) Technical and Minor Substantive Corrections: Statutory Cross-References to "Tort Claims Act" (Study T-103)