California Law
Evidence Code


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California Laws | Evidence Code

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EVIDENCE CODE

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DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION (1-12)

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DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED (100-260)

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DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY OF CODE (300)

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CHAPTER 2. PROVINCE OF COURT AND JURY (310-312)

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CHAPTER 3. ORDER OF PROOF (320)

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CHAPTER 4. ADMITTING AND EXCLUDING EVIDENCE

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Article 1. General Provisions (350-356)

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Article 2. Preliminary Determinations on Admissibility of Evidence (400-406)

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CHAPTER 5. WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE GENERALLY (410-413)

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DIVISION 4. JUDICIAL NOTICE (450-460)

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DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES

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CHAPTER 1. BURDEN OF PROOF

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Article 1. General (500-502)

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Article 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues (520-524)

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CHAPTER 2. BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE (550)

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CHAPTER 3. PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES

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Article 1. General (600-607)

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Article 2. Conclusive Presumptions (620-624)

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Article 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence (630-647)

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Article 4. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Proof (660-670)

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DIVISION 6. WITNESSES

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CHAPTER 1. COMPETENCY (700-704)

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CHAPTER 2. OATH AND CONFRONTATION (710-712)

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CHAPTER 3. EXPERT WITNESSES

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Article 1. Expert Witnesses Generally (720-723)

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Article 2. Appointment of Expert Witness by Court (730-733)

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CHAPTER 4. INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS (750-755.5)

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CHAPTER 5. METHOD AND SCOPE OF EXAMINATION

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Article 1. Definitions (760-764)

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Article 2. Examination of Witnesses (765-778)

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CHAPTER 6. CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES

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Article 1. Credibility Generally (780-783)

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Article 2. Attacking or Supporting Credibility (785-791)

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CHAPTER 7. HYPNOSIS OF WITNESSES (795)

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DIVISION 7. OPINION TESTIMONY AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

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CHAPTER 1. EXPERT AND OTHER OPINION TESTIMONY

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Article 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony Generally (800-805)

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Article 2. Evidence of Market Value of Property (810-824)

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Article 3. Opinion Testimony on Particular Subjects (870)

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DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES

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CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS (900-905)

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CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY OF DIVISION (910)

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CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVILEGES (911-920)

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CHAPTER 4. PARTICULAR PRIVILEGES

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Article 1. Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case (930)

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Article 2. Privilege Against Self-Incrimination (940)

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Article 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege (950-962)

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Article 4. Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse (970-973)

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Article 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications (980-987)

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Article 6. Physician-Patient Privilege (990-1007)

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Article 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege (1010-1027)

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Article 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges (1030-1034)

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Article 8.5. Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege (1035-1036.2)

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Article 8.7. Domestic Violence Counselor-Victim Privilege (1037-1037.8)

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Article 8.8. Human Trafficking Caseworker-Victim Privilege (1038-1038.2)

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Article 9. Official Information and Identity of Informer (1040-1047)

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Article 10. Political Vote (1050)

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Article 11. Trade Secret (1060-1063)

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CHAPTER 5. IMMUNITY OF NEWSMAN FROM CITATION FOR CONTEMPT (1070)

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DIVISION 9. EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES

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CHAPTER 1. EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER, HABIT, OR CUSTOM (1100-1109)

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CHAPTER 2. MEDIATION (1115-1128)

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CHAPTER 3. OTHER EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES (1150-1160)

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DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE

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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (1200-1205)

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CHAPTER 2. EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE

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Article 1. Confessions and Admissions (1220-1228.1)

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Article 2. Declarations Against Interest (1230)

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Article 2.5. Sworn Statements Regarding Gang-Related Crimes 1 (1231-1231.4)

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Article 3. Prior Statements of Witnesses (1235-1238)

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Article 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations

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Article 5. Statements of Mental or Physical State (1250-1253)

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Article 6. Statements Relating to Wills and to Claims Against Estates (1260-1261)

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Article 7. Business Records (1270-1272)

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Article 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings (1280-1284)

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Article 9. Former Testimony (1290-1294)

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Article 10. Judgments (1300-1302)

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Article 11. Family History (1310-1316)

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Article 12. Reputation and Statements Concerning Community History, Property Interests, and Character (1320-1324)

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Article 13. Dispositive Instruments and Ancient Writings (1330-1331)

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Article 14. Commercial, Scientific, and Similar Publications (1340-1341)

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Article 15. Declarant Unavailable as Witness (1350)

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Article 16. Statements by Children Under the Age of 12 in Child Neglect and Abuse Proceedings (1360)

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Article 17. Physical Abuse (1370-1390)

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DIVISION 11. WRITINGS

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CHAPTER 1. AUTHENTICATION AND PROOF OF WRITINGS

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Article 1. Requirement of Authentication (1400-1402)

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Article 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings (1410-1421)

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Article 3. Presumptions Affecting Acknowledged Writings and Official Writings (1450-1454)

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CHAPTER 2. SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS

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Article 1. Proof of the Content of a Writing (1520-1523)

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Article 2. Official Writings and Recorded Writings (1530-1532)

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Article 3. Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of Writings (1550-1553)

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Article 4. Production of Business Records (1560-1567)

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CHAPTER 3. OFFICIAL WRITINGS AFFECTING PROPERTY (1600-1605)

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