California · Military and Veterans Code - MVC
MVC §8: Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
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This statute defines 'writing' as any recorded message that can be understood through normal visual means.
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Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is otherwise expressly provided.
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