California Evidence Code Section 1284

CA Ev Code § 1284 (2017)  

Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the absence of a record in that office.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018