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• California Evidence Code Section 1
  This code shall be known as the Evidence Code.
• California Evidence Code Section 2
  The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. This code establishes...
• California Evidence Code Section 3
  If any provision or clause of this code or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
• California Evidence Code Section 4
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these preliminary provisions and rules of construction shall govern the construction of this code.
• California Evidence Code Section 5
  Division, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• California Evidence Code Section 6
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other statute, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions...
• California Evidence Code Section 7
  Unless otherwise expressly stated: (a) "Division" means a division of this code. (b) "Chapter" means a chapter of the division in which that term occurs....
• California Evidence Code Section 8
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
• California Evidence Code Section 9
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• California Evidence Code Section 10
  The singular number includes the plural; and the plural, the singular.
• California Evidence Code Section 11
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Evidence Code Section 12
  (a) This code shall become operative on January 1, 1967, and shall govern proceedings in actions brought on or after that date and, except as...
• California Evidence Code Section 100
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions govern the construction of this code.
• California Evidence Code Section 105
  "Action" includes a civil action and a criminal action.
• California Evidence Code Section 110
  "Burden of producing evidence" means the obligation of a party to introduce evidence sufficient to avoid a ruling against him on the issue.
• California Evidence Code Section 115
  "Burden of proof" means the obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of...
• California Evidence Code Section 120
  "Civil action" includes civil proceedings.
• California Evidence Code Section 125
  "Conduct" includes all active and passive behavior, both verbal and nonverbal.
• California Evidence Code Section 130
  "Criminal action" includes criminal proceedings.
• California Evidence Code Section 135
  "Declarant" is a person who makes a statement.
• California Evidence Code Section 140
  "Evidence" means testimony, writings, material objects, or other things presented to the senses that are offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact.
• California Evidence Code Section 145
  "The hearing" means the hearing at which a question under this code arises, and not some earlier or later hearing.
• California Evidence Code Section 150
  "Hearsay evidence" is defined in Section 1200.
• California Evidence Code Section 160
  "Law" includes constitutional, statutory, and decisional law.
• California Evidence Code Section 165
  "Oath" includes affirmation or declaration under penalty of perjury.
• California Evidence Code Section 170
  "Perceive" means to acquire knowledge through one's senses.
• California Evidence Code Section 175
  "Person" includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity.
• California Evidence Code Section 177
  "Dependent person" means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially restricts his or her ability to carry out normal activities or...
• California Evidence Code Section 180
  "Personal property" includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
• California Evidence Code Section 185
  "Property" includes both real and personal property.
• California Evidence Code Section 190
  "Proof" is the establishment by evidence of a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the
• California Evidence Code Section 195
  "Public employee" means an officer, agent, or employee of a public entity.
• California Evidence Code Section 200
  "Public entity" includes a nation, state, county, city and county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, whether...
• California Evidence Code Section 205
  "Real property" includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
• California Evidence Code Section 210
  "Relevant evidence" means evidence, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant, having any tendency in reason to prove or disprove...
• California Evidence Code Section 220
  "State" means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes any state, district,...
• California Evidence Code Section 225
  "Statement" means (a) oral or written verbal expression or (b) nonverbal conduct of a person intended by him as a substitute for oral or written...
• California Evidence Code Section 230
  "Statute" includes a treaty and a constitutional provision.
• California Evidence Code Section 235
  "Trier of fact" includes (a) the jury and (b) the court when the court is trying an issue of fact other than one relating to...
• California Evidence Code Section 240
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), "unavailable as a witness" means that the declarant is any of the following: (1) Exempted or precluded...
• California Evidence Code Section 250
  "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any...
• California Evidence Code Section 255
  "Original" means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An "original" of a...
• California Evidence Code Section 260
  A "duplicate" is a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements...
• California Evidence Code Section 300
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, this code applies in every action before the Supreme Court or a court of appeal or superior court, including...
• California Evidence Code Section 310
  (a) All questions of law (including but not limited to questions concerning the construction of statutes and other writings, the admissibility of evidence, and other...
• California Evidence Code Section 311
  If the law of an organization of nations, a foreign nation or a state other than this state, or a public entity in a foreign...
• California Evidence Code Section 312
  Except as otherwise provided by law, where the trial is by jury: (a) All questions of fact are to be decided by the jury. (b)...
• California Evidence Code Section 320
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the court in its discretion shall regulate the order of proof.
• California Evidence Code Section 350
  No evidence is admissible except relevant evidence.
• California Evidence Code Section 351
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, all relevant evidence is admissible.
• California Evidence Code Section 351.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the results of a polygraph examination, the opinion of a polygraph examiner, or any reference to an offer...
• California Evidence Code Section 352
  The court in its discretion may exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission will (a) necessitate undue...
• California Evidence Code Section 352.1
  In any criminal proceeding under Section 261, 262, or 264.1, subdivision (d) of Section 286, or subdivision (d) of Section 288a of the Penal Code,...
• California Evidence Code Section 353
  A verdict or finding shall not be set aside, nor shall the judgment or decision based thereon be reversed, by reason of the erroneous admission...
• California Evidence Code Section 354
  A verdict or finding shall not be set aside, nor shall the judgment or decision based thereon be reversed, by reason of the erroneous exclusion...
• California Evidence Code Section 355
  When evidence is admissible as to one party or for one purpose and is inadmissible as to another party or for another purpose, the court...
• California Evidence Code Section 356
  Where part of an act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence by one party, the whole on the same subject may be inquired...
• California Evidence Code Section 400
  As used in this article, "preliminary fact" means a fact upon the existence or nonexistence of which depends the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence. The...
• California Evidence Code Section 401
  As used in this article, "proffered evidence" means evidence, the admissibility or inadmissibility of which is dependent upon the existence or nonexistence of a preliminary
• California Evidence Code Section 402
  (a) When the existence of a preliminary fact is disputed, its existence or nonexistence shall be determined as provided in this article. (b) The court...
• California Evidence Code Section 403
  (a) The proponent of the proffered evidence has the burden of producing evidence as to the existence of the preliminary fact, and the proffered evidence...
• California Evidence Code Section 404
  Whenever the proffered evidence is claimed to be privileged under Section 940, the person claiming the privilege has the burden of showing that the proffered...
• California Evidence Code Section 405
  With respect to preliminary fact determinations not governed by Section 403 or 404: (a) When the existence of a preliminary fact is disputed, the court...
• California Evidence Code Section 406
  This article does not limit the right of a party to introduce before the trier of fact evidence relevant to weight or credibility.
• California Evidence Code Section 410
  As used in this chapter, "direct evidence" means evidence that directly proves a fact, without an inference or presumption, and which in itself, if true,...
• California Evidence Code Section 411
  Except where additional evidence is required by statute, the direct evidence of one witness who is entitled to full credit is sufficient for proof of...
• California Evidence Code Section 412
  If weaker and less satisfactory evidence is offered when it was within the power of the party to produce stronger and more satisfactory evidence, the...
• California Evidence Code Section 413
  In determining what inferences to draw from the evidence or facts in the case against a party, the trier of fact may consider, among other...
• California Evidence Code Section 450
  Judicial notice may not be taken of any matter unless authorized or required by law.
• California Evidence Code Section 451
  Judicial notice shall be taken of the following: (a) The decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of this state and of the United States and...
• California Evidence Code Section 452
  Judicial notice may be taken of the following matters to the extent that they are not embraced within Section 451: (a) The decisional, constitutional, and...
• California Evidence Code Section 452.5
  (a) The official acts and records specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 452 include any computer-generated official court records, as specified by the...
• California Evidence Code Section 453
  The trial court shall take judicial notice of any matter specified in Section 452 if a party requests it and: (a) Gives each adverse party...
• California Evidence Code Section 454
  (a) In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter, or the tenor thereof: (1) Any source of pertinent information, including the advice...
• California Evidence Code Section 455
  With respect to any matter specified in Section 452 or in subdivision (f) of Section 451 that is of substantial consequence to the determination of...
• California Evidence Code Section 456
  If the trial court denies a request to take judicial notice of any matter, the court shall at the earliest practicable time so advise the...
• California Evidence Code Section 457
  If a matter judicially noticed is a matter which would otherwise have been for determination by the jury, the trial court may, and upon request...
• California Evidence Code Section 458
  The failure or refusal of the trial court to take judicial notice of a matter, or to instruct the jury with respect to the matter,...
• California Evidence Code Section 459
  (a) The reviewing court shall take judicial notice of (1) each matter properly noticed by the trial court and (2) each matter that the trial...
• California Evidence Code Section 460
  Where the advice of persons learned in the subject matter is required in order to enable the court to take judicial notice of a matter,...
• California Evidence Code Section 500
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a party has the burden of proof as to each fact the existence or nonexistence of which is essential...
• California Evidence Code Section 501
  Insofar as any statute, except Section 522, assigns the burden of proof in a criminal action, such statute is subject to Penal Code Section 1096.
• California Evidence Code Section 502
  The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to...
• California Evidence Code Section 520
  The party claiming that a person is guilty of crime or wrongdoing has the burden of proof on that issue.
• California Evidence Code Section 521
  The party claiming that a person did not exercise a requisite degree of care has the burden of proof on that issue.
• California Evidence Code Section 522
  The party claiming that any person, including himself, is or was insane has the burden of proof on that issue.
• California Evidence Code Section 523
  In any action where the state is a party, regardless of who is the moving party, where (a) the boundary of land patented or otherwise...
• California Evidence Code Section 524
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a civil proceeding to which the State Board of Equalization is a party, that board shall have...
• California Evidence Code Section 550
  (a) The burden of producing evidence as to a particular fact is on the party against whom a finding on that fact would be required...
• California Evidence Code Section 600
  (a) A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise...
• California Evidence Code Section 601
  A presumption is either conclusive or rebuttable. Every rebuttable presumption is either (a) a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence or (b) a presumption...
• California Evidence Code Section 602
  A statute providing that a fact or group of facts is prima facie evidence of another fact establishes a rebuttable presumption.
• California Evidence Code Section 603
  A presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence is a presumption established to implement no public policy other than to facilitate the determination of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 604
  The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence is to require the trier of fact to assume the existence of the presumed...
• California Evidence Code Section 605
  A presumption affecting the burden of proof is a presumption established to implement some public policy other than to facilitate the determination of the particular...
• California Evidence Code Section 606
  The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of proof is to impose upon the party against whom it operates the burden of proof as...
• California Evidence Code Section 607
  When a presumption affecting the burden of proof operates in a criminal action to establish presumptively any fact that is essential to the defendant's guilt,...
• California Evidence Code Section 620
  The presumptions established by this article, and all other presumptions declared by law to be conclusive, are conclusive presumptions.
• California Evidence Code Section 622
  The facts recited in a written instrument are conclusively presumed to be true as between the parties thereto, or their successors in interest; but this...
• California Evidence Code Section 623
  Whenever a party has, by his own statement or conduct, intentionally and deliberately led another to believe a particular thing true and to act upon...
• California Evidence Code Section 624
  A tenant is not permitted to deny the title of his landlord at the time of the commencement of the relation.
• California Evidence Code Section 630
  The presumptions established by this article, and all other rebuttable presumptions established by law that fall within the criteria of Section 603, are presumptions affecting...
• California Evidence Code Section 631
  Money delivered by one to another is presumed to have been due to the latter.
• California Evidence Code Section 632
  A thing delivered by one to another is presumed to have belonged to the latter.
• California Evidence Code Section 633
  An obligation delivered up to the debtor is presumed to have been paid.
• California Evidence Code Section 634
  A person in possession of an order on himself for the payment of money, or delivery of a thing, is presumed to have paid the...
• California Evidence Code Section 635
  An obligation possessed by the creditor is presumed not to have been paid.
• California Evidence Code Section 636
  The payment of earlier rent or installments is presumed from a receipt for later rent or installments.
• California Evidence Code Section 637
  The things which a person possesses are presumed to be owned by him.
• California Evidence Code Section 638
  A person who exercises acts of ownership over property is presumed to be the owner of it.
• California Evidence Code Section 639
  A judgment, when not conclusive, is presumed to correctly determine or set forth the rights of the parties, but there is no presumption that the...
• California Evidence Code Section 640
  A writing is presumed to have been truly dated.
• California Evidence Code Section 641
  A letter correctly addressed and properly mailed is presumed to have been received in the ordinary course of mail.
• California Evidence Code Section 642
  A trustee or other person, whose duty it was to convey real property to a particular person, is presumed to have actually conveyed to him...
• California Evidence Code Section 643
  A deed or will or other writing purporting to create, terminate, or affect an interest in real or personal property is presumed to be authentic...
• California Evidence Code Section 644
  A book, purporting to be printed or published by public authority, is presumed to have been so printed or published.
• California Evidence Code Section 645
  A book, purporting to contain reports of cases adjudged in the tribunals of the state or nation where the book is published, is presumed to...
• California Evidence Code Section 645.1
  Printed materials, purporting to be a particular newspaper or periodical, are presumed to be that newspaper or periodical if regularly issued at average intervals not...
• California Evidence Code Section 646
  (a) As used in this section, "defendant" includes any party against whom the res ipsa loquitur presumption operates. (b) The judicial doctrine of res ipsa...
• California Evidence Code Section 647
  The return of a process server registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code upon...
• California Evidence Code Section 660
  The presumptions established by this article, and all other rebuttable presumptions established by law that fall within the criteria of Section 605, are presumptions affecting...
• California Evidence Code Section 662
  The owner of the legal title to property is presumed to be the owner of the full beneficial title. This presumption may be rebutted only...
• California Evidence Code Section 663
  A ceremonial marriage is presumed to be valid.
• California Evidence Code Section 664
  It is presumed that official duty has been regularly performed. This presumption does not apply on an issue as to the lawfulness of an arrest...
• California Evidence Code Section 665
  A person is presumed to intend the ordinary consequences of his voluntary act. This presumption is inapplicable in a criminal action to establish the specific...
• California Evidence Code Section 666
  Any court of this state or the United States, or any court of general jurisdiction in any other state or nation, or any judge of...
• California Evidence Code Section 667
  A person not heard from in five years is presumed to be dead.
• California Evidence Code Section 668
  An unlawful intent is presumed from the doing of an unlawful act. This presumption is inapplicable in a criminal action to establish the specific intent...
• California Evidence Code Section 669
  (a) The failure of a person to exercise due care is presumed if: (1) He violated a statute, ordinance, or regulation of a public entity;...
• California Evidence Code Section 669.1
  A rule, policy, manual, or guideline of state or local government setting forth standards of conduct or guidelines for its employees in the conduct of...
• California Evidence Code Section 669.5
  (a) Any ordinance enacted by the governing body of a city, county, or city and county which (1) directly limits, by number, the building permits...
• California Evidence Code Section 670
  (a) In any dispute concerning payment by means of a check, a copy of the check produced in accordance with Section 1550 of the Evidence...
• California Evidence Code Section 700
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, every person, irrespective of age, is qualified to be a witness and no person is disqualified to testify to...
• California Evidence Code Section 701
  (a) A person is disqualified to be a witness if he or she is: (1) Incapable of expressing himself or herself concerning the matter so...
• California Evidence Code Section 702
  (a) Subject to Section 801, the testimony of a witness concerning a particular matter is inadmissible unless he has personal knowledge of the matter. Against...
• California Evidence Code Section 703
  (a) Before the judge presiding at the trial of an action may be called to testify in that trial as a witness, he shall, in...
• California Evidence Code Section 703.5
  No person presiding at any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, and no arbitrator or mediator, shall be competent to testify, in any subsequent civil proceeding, as...
• California Evidence Code Section 704
  (a) Before a juror sworn and impaneled in the trial of an action may be called to testify before the jury in that trial as...
• California Evidence Code Section 710
  Every witness before testifying shall take an oath or make an affirmation or declaration in the form provided by law, except that a child under...
• California Evidence Code Section 711
  At the trial of an action, a witness can be heard only in the presence and subject to the examination of all the parties to...
• California Evidence Code Section 712
  Notwithstanding Sections 711 and 1200, at the trial of a criminal action, evidence of the technique used in taking blood samples may be given by...
• California Evidence Code Section 720
  (a) A person is qualified to testify as an expert if he has special knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education sufficient to qualify him as...
• California Evidence Code Section 721
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a witness testifying as an expert may be cross-examined to the same extent as any other witness and, in addition,...
• California Evidence Code Section 722
  (a) The fact of the appointment of an expert witness by the court may be revealed to the trier of fact. (b) The compensation and...
• California Evidence Code Section 723
  The court may, at any time before or during the trial of an action, limit the number of expert witnesses to be called by any
• California Evidence Code Section 730
  When it appears to the court, at any time before or during the trial of an action, that expert evidence is or may be required...
• California Evidence Code Section 731
  (a) (1) In all criminal actions and juvenile court proceedings, the compensation fixed under Section 730 shall be a charge against the county in which...
• California Evidence Code Section 732
  Any expert appointed by the court under Section 730 may be called and examined by the court or by any party to the action. When...
• California Evidence Code Section 733
  Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed or construed to prevent any party to any action from producing other expert evidence on the same...
• California Evidence Code Section 750
  A person who serves as an interpreter or translator in any action is subject to all the rules of law relating to witnesses.
• California Evidence Code Section 751
  (a) An interpreter shall take an oath that he or she will make a true interpretation to the witness in a language that the witness...
• California Evidence Code Section 752
  (a) When a witness is incapable of understanding the English language or is incapable of expressing himself or herself in the English language so as...
• California Evidence Code Section 753
  (a) When the written characters in a writing offered in evidence are incapable of being deciphered or understood directly, a translator who can decipher the...
• California Evidence Code Section 754
  (a) As used in this section, "individual who is deaf or hearing impaired" means an individual with a hearing loss so great as to prevent...
• California Evidence Code Section 754.5
  Whenever an otherwise valid privilege exists between an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired and another person, that privilege is not waived merely because...
• California Evidence Code Section 755
  (a) In any action or proceeding under Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code, and in any action or proceeding under the...
• California Evidence Code Section 755.5
  (a) During any medical examination, requested by an insurer or by the defendant, of a person who is a party to a civil action and...
• California Evidence Code Section 760
  "Direct examination" is the first examination of a witness upon a matter that is not within the scope of a previous examination of the witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 761
  "Cross-examination" is the examination of a witness by a party other than the direct examiner upon a matter that is within the scope of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 762
  "Redirect examination" is an examination of a witness by the direct examiner subsequent to the cross-examination of the witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 763
  "Recross-examination" is an examination of a witness by a cross-examiner subsequent to a redirect examination of the witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 764
  A "leading question" is a question that suggests to the witness the answer that the examining party desires.
• California Evidence Code Section 765
  (a) The court shall exercise reasonable control over the mode of interrogation of a witness so as to make interrogation as rapid, as distinct, and...
• California Evidence Code Section 766
  A witness must give responsive answers to questions, and answers that are not responsive shall be stricken on motion of any party.
• California Evidence Code Section 767
  (a) Except under special circumstances where the interests of justice otherwise require: (1) A leading question may not be asked of a witness on direct...
• California Evidence Code Section 768
  (a) In examining a witness concerning a writing, it is not necessary to show, read, or disclose to him any part of the writing. (b)...
• California Evidence Code Section 769
  In examining a witness concerning a statement or other conduct by him that is inconsistent with any part of his testimony at the hearing, it...
• California Evidence Code Section 770
  Unless the interests of justice otherwise require, extrinsic evidence of a statement made by a witness that is inconsistent with any part of his testimony...
• California Evidence Code Section 771
  (a) Subject to subdivision (c), if a witness, either while testifying or prior thereto, uses a writing to refresh his memory with respect to any...
• California Evidence Code Section 772
  (a) The examination of a witness shall proceed in the following phases: direct examination, cross-examination, redirect examination, recross-examination, and continuing thereafter by redirect and recross-examination....
• California Evidence Code Section 773
  (a) A witness examined by one party may be cross-examined upon any matter within the scope of the direct examination by each other party to...
• California Evidence Code Section 774
  A witness once examined cannot be reexamined as to the same matter without leave of the court, but he may be reexamined as to any...
• California Evidence Code Section 775
  The court, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, may call witnesses and interrogate them the same as if they had...
• California Evidence Code Section 776
  (a) A party to the record of any civil action, or a person identified with such a party, may be called and examined as if...
• California Evidence Code Section 777
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the court may exclude from the courtroom any witness not at the time under examination so that such...
• California Evidence Code Section 778
  After a witness has been excused from giving further testimony in the action, he cannot be recalled without leave of the court. Leave may be...
• California Evidence Code Section 780
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court or jury may consider in determining the credibility of a witness any matter that has any tendency...
• California Evidence Code Section 782
  (a) In any of the circumstances described in subdivision (c), if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness is offered to attack the credibility...
• California Evidence Code Section 783
  In any civil action alleging conduct which constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual battery, if evidence of sexual conduct of the plaintiff is offered...
• California Evidence Code Section 785
  The credibility of a witness may be attacked or supported by any party, including the party calling him.
• California Evidence Code Section 786
  Evidence of traits of his character other than honesty or veracity, or their opposites, is inadmissible to attack or support the credibility of a witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 787
  Subject to Section 788, evidence of specific instances of his conduct relevant only as tending to prove a trait of his character is inadmissible to...
• California Evidence Code Section 788
  For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, it may be shown by the examination of the witness or by the record of...
• California Evidence Code Section 789
  Evidence of his religious belief or lack thereof is inadmissible to attack or support the credibility of a witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 790
  Evidence of the good character of a witness is inadmissible to support his credibility unless evidence of his bad character has been admitted for the...
• California Evidence Code Section 791
  Evidence of a statement previously made by a witness that is consistent with his testimony at the hearing is inadmissible to support his credibility unless...
• California Evidence Code Section 795
  (a) The testimony of a witness is not inadmissible in a criminal proceeding by reason of the fact that the witness has previously undergone hypnosis...
• California Evidence Code Section 800
  If a witness is not testifying as an expert, his testimony in the form of an opinion is limited to such an opinion as is...
• California Evidence Code Section 801
  If a witness is testifying as an expert, his testimony in the form of an opinion is limited to such an opinion as is: (a)...
• California Evidence Code Section 802
  A witness testifying in the form of an opinion may state on direct examination the reasons for his opinion and the matter (including, in the...
• California Evidence Code Section 803
  The court may, and upon objection shall, exclude testimony in the form of an opinion that is based in whole or in significant part on...
• California Evidence Code Section 804
  (a) If a witness testifying as an expert testifies that his opinion is based in whole or in part upon the opinion or statement of...
• California Evidence Code Section 805
  Testimony in the form of an opinion that is otherwise admissible is not objectionable because it embraces the ultimate issue to be decided by the...
• California Evidence Code Section 810
  (a) Except where another rule is provided by statute, this article provides special rules of evidence applicable to any action in which the value of...
• California Evidence Code Section 811
  As used in this article, "value of property" means market value of any of the following: (a) Real property or any interest therein. (b) Real...
• California Evidence Code Section 812
  This article is not intended to alter or change the existing substantive law, whether statutory or decisional, interpreting the meaning of "market value," whether denominated...
• California Evidence Code Section 813
  (a) The value of property may be shown only by the opinions of any of the following: (1) Witnesses qualified to express such opinions. (2)...
• California Evidence Code Section 814
  The opinion of a witness as to the value of property is limited to such an opinion as is based on matter perceived by or...
• California Evidence Code Section 815
  When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for an opinion the price and...
• California Evidence Code Section 816
  When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for his opinion the price and...
• California Evidence Code Section 817
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), when relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for...
• California Evidence Code Section 818
  For the purpose of determining the capitalized value of the reasonable net rental value attributable to the property or property interest being valued as provided...
• California Evidence Code Section 819
  When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for his opinion the capitalized value...
• California Evidence Code Section 820
  When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for his opinion the value of...
• California Evidence Code Section 821
  When relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for his opinion the nature of...
• California Evidence Code Section 822
  (a) In an eminent domain or inverse condemnation proceeding, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 814 to 821, inclusive, the following matter is inadmissible as evidence...
• California Evidence Code Section 823
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the value of property for which there is no relevant, comparable market may be determined by any method...
• California Evidence Code Section 824
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a just and equitable method of determining the value of nonprofit, special use property, as defined by...
• California Evidence Code Section 870
  A witness may state his opinion as to the sanity of a person when: (a) The witness is an intimate acquaintance of the person whose...
• California Evidence Code Section 900
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division. They do not govern the construction of...
• California Evidence Code Section 901
  "Proceeding" means any action, hearing, investigation, inquest, or inquiry (whether conducted by a court, administrative agency, hearing officer, arbitrator, legislative body, or any other person...
• California Evidence Code Section 902
  "Civil proceeding" means any proceeding except a criminal proceeding.
• California Evidence Code Section 903
  "Criminal proceeding" means: (a) A criminal action; and (b) A proceeding pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 3060) of Chapter 7 of Division 4...
• California Evidence Code Section 905
  "Presiding officer" means the person authorized to rule on a claim of privilege in the proceeding in which the claim is made.
• California Evidence Code Section 910
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, the provisions of this division apply in all proceedings. The provisions of any statute making rules of evidence inapplicable...
• California Evidence Code Section 911
  Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) No person has a privilege to refuse to be a witness. (b) No person has a privilege to...
• California Evidence Code Section 912
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the right of any person to claim a privilege provided by Section 954 (lawyer-client privilege), 980 (privilege...
• California Evidence Code Section 913
  (a) If in the instant proceeding or on a prior occasion a privilege is or was exercised not to testify with respect to any matter,...
• California Evidence Code Section 914
  (a) The presiding officer shall determine a claim of privilege in any proceeding in the same manner as a court determines such a claim under...
• California Evidence Code Section 915
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the presiding officer may not require disclosure of information claimed to be privileged under this division or attorney work product...
• California Evidence Code Section 916
  (a) The presiding officer, on his own motion or on the motion of any party, shall exclude information that is subject to a claim of...
• California Evidence Code Section 917
  (a) If a privilege is claimed on the ground that the matter sought to be disclosed is a communication made in confidence in the course...
• California Evidence Code Section 918
  A party may predicate error on a ruling disallowing a claim of privilege only if he is the holder of the privilege, except that a...
• California Evidence Code Section 919
  (a) Evidence of a statement or other disclosure of privileged information is inadmissible against a holder of the privilege if: (1) A person authorized to...
• California Evidence Code Section 920
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to repeal by implication any other statute relating to privileges.
• California Evidence Code Section 930
  To the extent that such privilege exists under the Constitution of the United States or the State of California, a defendant in a criminal case...
• California Evidence Code Section 940
  To the extent that such privilege exists under the Constitution of the United States or the State of California, a person has a privilege to...
• California Evidence Code Section 950
  As used in this article, "lawyer" means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized, to practice law in any state...
• California Evidence Code Section 951
  As used in this article, "client" means a person who, directly or through an authorized representative, consults a lawyer for the purpose of retaining the...
• California Evidence Code Section 952
  As used in this article, "confidential communication between client and lawyer" means information transmitted between a client and his or her lawyer in the course...
• California Evidence Code Section 953
  As used in this article, "holder of the privilege" means: (a) The client, if the client has no guardian or conservator. (b) A guardian or...
• California Evidence Code Section 954
  Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the client, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to...
• California Evidence Code Section 955
  The lawyer who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when the...
• California Evidence Code Section 956
  There is no privilege under this article if the services of the lawyer were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or...
• California Evidence Code Section 956.5
  There is no privilege under this article if the lawyer reasonably believes that disclosure of any confidential communication relating to representation of a client is...
• California Evidence Code Section 957
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased client,...
• California Evidence Code Section 958
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach, by the lawyer or by the client, of...
• California Evidence Code Section 959
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention or competence of a client executing an...
• California Evidence Code Section 960
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention of a client, now deceased, with respect...
• California Evidence Code Section 961
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the validity of a deed of conveyance, will, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 962
  Where two or more clients have retained or consulted a lawyer upon a matter of common interest, none of them, nor the successor in interest...
• California Evidence Code Section 970
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, a married person has a privilege not to testify against his spouse in any proceeding.
• California Evidence Code Section 971
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, a married person whose spouse is a party to a proceeding has a privilege not to be called as...
• California Evidence Code Section 972
  A married person does not have a privilege under this article in: (a) A proceeding brought by or on behalf of one spouse against the...
• California Evidence Code Section 973
  (a) Unless erroneously compelled to do so, a married person who testifies in a proceeding to which his spouse is a party, or who testifies...
• California Evidence Code Section 980
  Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, a spouse (or his guardian or conservator when he has a guardian or...
• California Evidence Code Section 981
  There is no privilege under this article if the communication was made, in whole or in part, to enable or aid anyone to commit or...
• California Evidence Code Section 982
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding to commit either spouse or otherwise place him or his property, or both, under the...
• California Evidence Code Section 983
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of either spouse to establish his competence.
• California Evidence Code Section 984
  There is no privilege under this article in: (a) A proceeding brought by or on behalf of one spouse against the other spouse. (b) A...
• California Evidence Code Section 985
  There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding in which one spouse is charged with: (a) A crime committed at any time...
• California Evidence Code Section 986
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding under the Juvenile Court Law, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of...
• California Evidence Code Section 987
  There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding in which the communication is offered in evidence by a defendant who is one...
• California Evidence Code Section 990
  As used in this article, "physician" means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the patient to be authorized, to practice medicine in any state...
• California Evidence Code Section 991
  As used in this article, "patient" means a person who consults a physician or submits to an examination by a physician for the purpose of...
• California Evidence Code Section 992
  As used in this article, "confidential communication between patient and physician" means information, including information obtained by an examination of the patient, transmitted between a...
• California Evidence Code Section 993
  As used in this article, "holder of the privilege" means: (a) The patient when he has no guardian or conservator. (b) A guardian or conservator...
• California Evidence Code Section 994
  Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the patient, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to...
• California Evidence Code Section 995
  The physician who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when the...
• California Evidence Code Section 996
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient if such issue has...
• California Evidence Code Section 997
  There is no privilege under this article if the services of the physician were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or...
• California Evidence Code Section 998
  There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding.
• California Evidence Code Section 999
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient in a proceeding to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1000
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased patient,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1001
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach, by the physician or by the patient, of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1002
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention of a patient, now deceased, with respect...
• California Evidence Code Section 1003
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the validity of a deed of conveyance, will, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1004
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding to commit the patient or otherwise place him or his property, or both, under the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1005
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the patient to establish his competence.
• California Evidence Code Section 1006
  There is no privilege under this article as to information that the physician or the patient is required to report to a public employee, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1007
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by a public entity to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege (including...
• California Evidence Code Section 1010
  As used in this article, "psychotherapist" means a person who is, or is reasonably believed by the patient to be: (a) A person authorized to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1010.5
  A communication between a patient and an educational psychologist, licensed under Article 5 (commencing with Section 4986) of Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1011
  As used in this article, "patient" means a person who consults a psychotherapist or submits to an examination by a psychotherapist for the purpose of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1012
  As used in this article, "confidential communication between patient and psychotherapist" means information, including information obtained by an examination of the patient, transmitted between a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1013
  As used in this article, "holder of the privilege" means: (a) The patient when he has no guardian or conservator. (b) A guardian or conservator...
• California Evidence Code Section 1014
  Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the patient, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1015
  The psychotherapist who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1016
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the mental or emotional condition of the patient if...
• California Evidence Code Section 1017
  (a) There is no privilege under this article if the psychotherapist is appointed by order of a court to examine the patient, but this exception...
• California Evidence Code Section 1018
  There is no privilege under this article if the services of the psychotherapist were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1019
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased patient,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1020
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach, by the psychotherapist or by the patient, of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1021
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention of a patient, now deceased, with respect...
• California Evidence Code Section 1022
  There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the validity of a deed of conveyance, will, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1023
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1024
  There is no privilege under this article if the psychotherapist has reasonable cause to believe that the patient is in such mental or emotional condition...
• California Evidence Code Section 1025
  There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the patient to establish his competence.
• California Evidence Code Section 1026
  There is no privilege under this article as to information that the psychotherapist or the patient is required to report to a public employee or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1027
  There is no privilege under this article if all of the following circumstances exist: (a) The patient is a child under the age of 16....
• California Evidence Code Section 1030
  As used in this article, a "member of the clergy" means a priest, minister, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church or of a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1031
  As used in this article, "penitent" means a person who has made a penitential communication to a member of the clergy.
• California Evidence Code Section 1032
  As used in this article, "penitential communication" means a communication made in confidence, in the presence of no third person so far as the penitent...
• California Evidence Code Section 1033
  Subject to Section 912, a penitent, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1034
  Subject to Section 912, a member of the clergy, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose a penitential communication if...
• California Evidence Code Section 1035
  As used in this article, "victim" means a person who consults a sexual assault counselor for the purpose of securing advice or assistance concerning a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1035.2
  As used in this article, "sexual assault counselor" means any of the following: (a) A person who is engaged in any office, hospital, institution, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1035.4
  As used in this article, "confidential communication between the sexual assault counselor and the victim" means information transmitted between the victim and the sexual assault...
• California Evidence Code Section 1035.6
  As used in this article, "holder of the privilege" means: (a) The victim when such person has no guardian or conservator. (b) A guardian or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1035.8
  A victim of a sexual assault, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1036
  The sexual assault counselor who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege if he or she...
• California Evidence Code Section 1036.2
  As used in this article, "sexual assault" includes all of the following: (a) Rape, as defined in Section 261 of the Penal Code. (b) Unlawful...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037
  As used in this article, "victim" means any person who suffers domestic violence, as defined in Section 1037.7.
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.1
  (a) (1) As used in this article, "domestic violence counselor" means a person who is employed by a domestic violence victim service organization, as defined...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.2
  (a) As used in this article, "confidential communication" means any information, including, but not limited to, written or oral communication, transmitted between the victim and...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.3
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit any obligation to report instances of child abuse as required by Section 11166 of the Penal
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.4
  As used in this article, "holder of the privilege" means: (a) The victim when he or she has no guardian or conservator. (b) A guardian...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.5
  A victim of domestic violence, whether or not a party to the action, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.6
  The domestic violence counselor who received or made a communication subject to the privilege granted by this article shall claim the privilege whenever he or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.7
  As used in this article, "domestic violence" means "domestic violence" as defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code.
• California Evidence Code Section 1037.8
  A domestic violence counselor shall inform a domestic violence victim of any applicable limitations on confidentiality of communications between the victim and the domestic violence...
• California Evidence Code Section 1038
  (a) A trafficking victim, whether or not a party to the action, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1038.1
  (a) The court may compel disclosure of information received by a human trafficking caseworker that constitutes relevant evidence of the facts and circumstances involving a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1038.2
  (a) As used in this article, "victim" means any person who is a "trafficking victim" as defined in Section 236.1. (b) As used in this...
• California Evidence Code Section 1040
  (a) As used in this section, "official information" means information acquired in confidence by a public employee in the course of his or her duty...
• California Evidence Code Section 1041
  (a) Except as provided in this section, a public entity has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished...
• California Evidence Code Section 1042
  (a) Except where disclosure is forbidden by an act of the Congress of the United States, if a claim of privilege under this article by...
• California Evidence Code Section 1043
  (a) In any case in which discovery or disclosure is sought of peace or custodial officer personnel records or records maintained pursuant to Section 832.5...
• California Evidence Code Section 1044
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the right of access to records of medical or psychological history where such access would otherwise...
• California Evidence Code Section 1045
  (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the right of access to records of complaints, or investigations of complaints, or discipline imposed...
• California Evidence Code Section 1046
  In any case, otherwise authorized by law, in which the party seeking disclosure is alleging excessive force by a peace officer or custodial officer, as...
• California Evidence Code Section 1047
  Records of peace officers or custodial officers, as defined in Section 831.5 of the Penal Code, including supervisorial officers, who either were not present during...
• California Evidence Code Section 1050
  If he claims the privilege, a person has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of his vote at a public election where the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1060
  If he or his agent or employee claims the privilege, the owner of a trade secret has a privilege to refuse to disclose the secret,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1061
  (a) For purposes of this section, and Sections 1062 and 1063: (1) "Trade secret" means "trade secret," as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3426.1...
• California Evidence Code Section 1062
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a criminal case, the court, upon motion of the owner of a trade secret, or upon motion...
• California Evidence Code Section 1063
  The following provisions shall govern requests to seal articles which are protected by a protective order entered pursuant to Evidence Code Section 1060 or 1061:...
• California Evidence Code Section 1070
  (a) A publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed upon a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or by a press association...
• California Evidence Code Section 1100
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, any otherwise admissible evidence (including evidence in the form of an opinion, evidence of reputation, and evidence of specific...
• California Evidence Code Section 1101
  (a) Except as provided in this section and in Sections 1102, 1103, 1108, and 1109, evidence of a person's character or a trait of his...
• California Evidence Code Section 1102
  In a criminal action, evidence of the defendant's character or a trait of his character in the form of an opinion or evidence of his...
• California Evidence Code Section 1103
  (a) In a criminal action, evidence of the character or a trait of character (in the form of an opinion, evidence of reputation, or evidence...
• California Evidence Code Section 1104
  Except as provided in Sections 1102 and 1103, evidence of a trait of a person's character with respect to care or skill is inadmissible to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1105
  Any otherwise admissible evidence of habit or custom is admissible to prove conduct on a specified occasion in conformity with the habit or custom.
• California Evidence Code Section 1106
  (a) In any civil action alleging conduct which constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual battery, opinion evidence, reputation evidence, and evidence of specific instances...
• California Evidence Code Section 1107
  (a) In a criminal action, expert testimony is admissible by either the prosecution or the defense regarding intimate partner battering and its effects, including the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1108
  (a) In a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual offense or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1109
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of an offense involving domestic...
• California Evidence Code Section 1115
  For purposes of this chapter: (a) "Mediation" means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them...
• California Evidence Code Section 1116
  (a) Nothing in this chapter expands or limits a court's authority to order participation in a dispute resolution proceeding. Nothing in this chapter authorizes or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1117
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to a mediation as defined in Section 1115. (b) This chapter does not apply to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1118
  An oral agreement "in accordance with Section 1118" means an oral agreement that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) The oral agreement is recorded...
• California Evidence Code Section 1119
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: (a) No evidence of anything said or any admission made for the purpose of, in the course of,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1120
  (a) Evidence otherwise admissible or subject to discovery outside of a mediation or a mediation consultation shall not be or become inadmissible or protected from...
• California Evidence Code Section 1121
  Neither a mediator nor anyone else may submit to a court or other adjudicative body, and a court or other adjudicative body may not consider,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1122
  (a) A communication or a writing, as defined in Section 250, that is made or prepared for the purpose of, or in the course of,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1123
  A written settlement agreement prepared in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation, is not made inadmissible, or protected from disclosure, by provisions of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1124
  An oral agreement made in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation is not made inadmissible, or protected from disclosure, by the provisions of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1125
  (a) For purposes of confidentiality under this chapter, a mediation ends when any one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) The parties execute a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1126
  Anything said, any admission made, or any writing that is inadmissible, protected from disclosure, and confidential under this chapter before a mediation ends, shall remain...
• California Evidence Code Section 1127
  If a person subpoenas or otherwise seeks to compel a mediator to testify or produce a writing, as defined in Section 250, and the court...
• California Evidence Code Section 1128
  Any reference to a mediation during any subsequent trial is an irregularity in the proceedings of the trial for the purposes of Section 657 of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1150
  (a) Upon an inquiry as to the validity of a verdict, any otherwise admissible evidence may be received as to statements made, or conduct, conditions,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1151
  When, after the occurrence of an event, remedial or precautionary measures are taken, which, if taken previously, would have tended to make the event less...
• California Evidence Code Section 1152
  (a) Evidence that a person has, in compromise or from humanitarian motives, furnished or offered or promised to furnish money or any other thing, act,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1153
  Evidence of a plea of guilty, later withdrawn, or of an offer to plead guilty to the crime charged or to any other crime, made...
• California Evidence Code Section 1153.5
  Evidence of an offer for civil resolution of a criminal matter pursuant to the provisions of Section 33 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1154
  Evidence that a person has accepted or offered or promised to accept a sum of money or any other thing, act, or service in satisfaction...
• California Evidence Code Section 1155
  Evidence that a person was, at the time a harm was suffered by another, insured wholly or partially against loss arising from liability for that...
• California Evidence Code Section 1156
  (a) In-hospital medical or medical-dental staff committees of a licensed hospital may engage in research and medical or dental study for the purpose of reducing...
• California Evidence Code Section 1156.1
  (a) A committee established in compliance with Sections 4070 and 5624 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may engage in research and medical or psychiatric...
• California Evidence Code Section 1157
  (a) Neither the proceedings nor the records of organized committees of medical, medical-dental, podiatric, registered dietitian, psychological, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social worker,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1157.5
  Except in actions involving a claim of a provider of health care services for payment for such services, the prohibition relating to discovery or testimony...
• California Evidence Code Section 1157.6
  Neither the proceedings nor the records of a committee established in compliance with Sections 4070 and 5624 of the Welfare and Institutions Code having the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1157.7
  The prohibition relating to discovery or testimony provided in Section 1157 shall be applicable to proceedings and records of any committee established by a local...
• California Evidence Code Section 1158
  Whenever, prior to the filing of any action or the appearance of a defendant in an action, an attorney at law or his or her...
• California Evidence Code Section 1159
  (a) No evidence pertaining to live animal experimentation, including, but not limited to, injury, impact, or crash experimentation, shall be admissible in any product liability...
• California Evidence Code Section 1160
  (a) The portion of statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1161
  (a) Evidence that a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, has engaged in any commercial sexual act as...
• California Evidence Code Section 1200
  (a) "Hearsay evidence" is evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered...
• California Evidence Code Section 1201
  A statement within the scope of an exception to the hearsay rule is not inadmissible on the ground that the evidence of such statement is...
• California Evidence Code Section 1202
  Evidence of a statement or other conduct by a declarant that is inconsistent with a statement by such declarant received in evidence as hearsay evidence...
• California Evidence Code Section 1203
  (a) The declarant of a statement that is admitted as hearsay evidence may be called and examined by any adverse party as if under cross-examination...
• California Evidence Code Section 1203.1
  Section 1203 is not applicable if the hearsay statement is offered at a preliminary examination, as provided in Section 872 of the Penal Code.
• California Evidence Code Section 1204
  A statement that is otherwise admissible as hearsay evidence is inadmissible against the defendant in a criminal action if the statement was made, either by...
• California Evidence Code Section 1205
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to repeal by implication any other statute relating to hearsay evidence.
• California Evidence Code Section 1220
  Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1221
  Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is one of which the party,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1222
  Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if: (a) The statement was made by a person...
• California Evidence Code Section 1223
  Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if: (a) The statement was made by the declarant...
• California Evidence Code Section 1224
  When the liability obligation, or duty of a party to a civil action is based in whole or in part upon the liability, obligation, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1225
  When a right, title, or interest in any property or claim asserted by a party to a civil action requires a determination that a right,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1226
  Evidence of a statement by a minor child is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if offered against the plaintiff in an action brought...
• California Evidence Code Section 1227
  Evidence of a statement by the deceased is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if offered against the plaintiff in an action for wrongful...
• California Evidence Code Section 1228
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of establishing the elements of the crime in order to admit as evidence the confession of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1228.1
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), neither the signature of any parent or legal guardian on a child welfare services case plan nor the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1230
  Evidence of a statement by a declarant having sufficient knowledge of the subject is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is...
• California Evidence Code Section 1231
  Evidence of a prior statement made by a declarant is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is deceased and the proponent...
• California Evidence Code Section 1231.1
  A statement is admissible pursuant to Section 1231 only if the proponent of the statement makes known to the adverse party the intention to offer...
• California Evidence Code Section 1231.2
  A peace officer may administer and certify oaths for purposes of this article.
• California Evidence Code Section 1231.3
  Any law enforcement officer testifying as to any hearsay statement pursuant to this article shall either have five years of law enforcement experience or have...
• California Evidence Code Section 1231.4
  If evidence of a prior statement is introduced pursuant to this article, the jury may not be told that the declarant died from other than...
• California Evidence Code Section 1235
  Evidence of a statement made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is inconsistent with his testimony at...
• California Evidence Code Section 1236
  Evidence of a statement previously made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is consistent with his testimony...
• California Evidence Code Section 1237
  (a) Evidence of a statement previously made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement would have been admissible...
• California Evidence Code Section 1238
  Evidence of a statement previously made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement would have been admissible if...
• California Evidence Code Section 1240
  Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement: (a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1241
  Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement: (a) Is offered to explain, qualify, or make understandable conduct...
• California Evidence Code Section 1242
  Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule...
• California Evidence Code Section 1250
  (a) Subject to Section 1252, evidence of a statement of the declarant's then existing state of mind, emotion, or physical sensation (including a statement of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1251
  Subject to Section 1252, evidence of a statement of the declarant's state of mind, emotion, or physical sensation (including a statement of intent, plan, motive,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1252
  Evidence of a statement is inadmissible under this article if the statement was made under circumstances such as to indicate its lack of trustworthiness.
• California Evidence Code Section 1253
  Subject to Section 1252, evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement was made for purposes of medical...
• California Evidence Code Section 1260
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), evidence of any of the following statements made by a declarant who is unavailable as a witness is...
• California Evidence Code Section 1261
  (a) Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in an action upon a claim or demand against the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1270
  As used in this article, "a business" includes every kind of business, governmental activity, profession, occupation, calling, or operation of institutions, whether carried on for...
• California Evidence Code Section 1271
  Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1272
  Evidence of the absence from the records of a business of a record of an asserted act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by...
• California Evidence Code Section 1280
  Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in...
• California Evidence Code Section 1281
  Evidence of a writing made as a record of a birth, fetal death, death, or marriage is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if...
• California Evidence Code Section 1282
  A written finding of presumed death made by an employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons...
• California Evidence Code Section 1283
  An official written report or record that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force, beleaguered...
• California Evidence Code Section 1284
  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...
• California Evidence Code Section 1290
  As used in this article, "former testimony" means testimony given under oath in: (a) Another action or in a former hearing or trial of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1291
  (a) Evidence of former testimony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness and: (1) The former...
• California Evidence Code Section 1292
  (a) Evidence of former testimony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if: (1) The declarant is unavailable as a witness; (2) The former...
• California Evidence Code Section 1293
  (a) Evidence of former testimony made at a preliminary examination by a minor child who was the complaining witness is not made inadmissible by the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1294
  (a) The following evidence of prior inconsistent statements of a witness properly admitted in a preliminary hearing or trial of the same criminal matter pursuant...
• California Evidence Code Section 1300
  Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when...
• California Evidence Code Section 1301
  Evidence of a final judgment is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered by the judgment debtor to prove any fact which was...
• California Evidence Code Section 1302
  When the liability, obligation, or duty of a third person is in issue in a civil action, evidence of a final judgment against that person...
• California Evidence Code Section 1310
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), evidence of a statement by a declarant who is unavailable as a witness concerning his own birth, marriage, divorce, a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1311
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), evidence of a statement concerning the birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1312
  Evidence of entries in family Bibles or other family books or charts, engravings on rings, family portraits, engravings on urns, crypts, or tombstones, and the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1313
  Evidence of reputation among members of a family is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the birth, marriage, divorce, death,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1314
  Evidence of reputation in a community concerning the date or fact of birth, marriage, divorce, or death of a person resident in the community at...
• California Evidence Code Section 1315
  Evidence of a statement concerning a person's birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar...
• California Evidence Code Section 1316
  Evidence of a statement concerning a person's birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar...
• California Evidence Code Section 1320
  Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns an event of general history of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1321
  Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the interest of the public in property...
• California Evidence Code Section 1322
  Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns boundaries of, or customs affecting, land in...
• California Evidence Code Section 1323
  Evidence of a statement concerning the boundary of land is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness...
• California Evidence Code Section 1324
  Evidence of a person's general reputation with reference to his character or a trait of his character at a relevant time in the community in...
• California Evidence Code Section 1330
  Evidence of a statement contained in a deed of conveyance or a will or other writing purporting to affect an interest in real or personal...
• California Evidence Code Section 1331
  Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is contained in a writing more than 30 years old...
• California Evidence Code Section 1340
  Evidence of a statement, other than an opinion, contained in a tabulation, list, directory, register, or other published compilation is not made inadmissible by the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1341
  Historical works, books of science or art, and published maps or charts, made by persons indifferent between the parties, are not made inadmissible by the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1350
  (a) In a criminal proceeding charging a serious felony, evidence of a statement made by a declarant is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule...
• California Evidence Code Section 1360
  (a) In a criminal prosecution where the victim is a minor, a statement made by the victim when under the age of 12 describing any...
• California Evidence Code Section 1370
  (a) Evidence of a statement by a declarant is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if all of the following conditions are met: (1)...
• California Evidence Code Section 1380
  (a) In a criminal proceeding charging a violation, or attempted violation, of Section 368 of the Penal Code, evidence of a statement made by a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1390
  (a) Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1400
  Authentication of a writing means (a) the introduction of evidence sufficient to sustain a finding that it is the writing that the proponent of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1401
  (a) Authentication of a writing is required before it may be received in evidence. (b) Authentication of a writing is required before secondary evidence of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1402
  The party producing a writing as genuine which has been altered, or appears to have been altered, after its execution, in a part material to...
• California Evidence Code Section 1410
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the means by which a writing may be authenticated or proved.
• California Evidence Code Section 1410.5
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, a writing shall include any graffiti consisting of written words, insignia, symbols, or any other markings which convey a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1411
  Except as provided by statute, the testimony of a subscribing witness is not required to authenticate a writing.
• California Evidence Code Section 1412
  If the testimony of a subscribing witness is required by statute to authenticate a writing and the subscribing witness denies or does not recollect the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1413
  A writing may be authenticated by anyone who saw the writing made or executed, including a subscribing witness.
• California Evidence Code Section 1414
  A writing may be authenticated by evidence that: (a) The party against whom it is offered has at any time admitted its authenticity; or (b)...
• California Evidence Code Section 1415
  A writing may be authenticated by evidence of the genuineness of the handwriting of the maker.
• California Evidence Code Section 1416
  A witness who is not otherwise qualified to testify as an expert may state his opinion whether a writing is in the handwriting of a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1417
  The genuineness of handwriting, or the lack thereof, may be proved by a comparison made by the trier of fact with handwriting (a) which the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1418
  The genuineness of writing, or the lack thereof, may be proved by a comparison made by an expert witness with writing (a) which the court...
• California Evidence Code Section 1419
  Where a writing whose genuineness is sought to be proved is more than 30 years old, the comparison under Section 1417 or 1418 may be...
• California Evidence Code Section 1420
  A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing was received in response to a communication sent to the person who is claimed by...
• California Evidence Code Section 1421
  A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing refers to or states matters that are unlikely to be known to anyone other than...
• California Evidence Code Section 1450
  The presumptions established by this article are presumptions affecting the burden of producing evidence.
• California Evidence Code Section 1451
  A certificate of the acknowledgment of a writing other than a will, or a certificate of the proof of such a writing, is prima facie...
• California Evidence Code Section 1452
  A seal is presumed to be genuine and its use authorized if it purports to be the seal of: (a) The United States or a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1453
  A signature is presumed to be genuine and authorized if it purports to be the signature, affixed in his official capacity, of: (a) A public...
• California Evidence Code Section 1454
  A signature is presumed to be genuine and authorized if it purports to be the signature, affixed in his official capacity, of an officer, or...
• California Evidence Code Section 1520
  The content of a writing may be proved by an otherwise admissible original.
• California Evidence Code Section 1521
  (a) The content of a writing may be proved by otherwise admissible secondary evidence. The court shall exclude secondary evidence of the content of writing...
• California Evidence Code Section 1522
  (a) In addition to the grounds for exclusion authorized by Section 1521, in a criminal action the court shall exclude secondary evidence of the content...
• California Evidence Code Section 1523
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, oral testimony is not admissible to prove the content of a writing. (b) Oral testimony of the content...
• California Evidence Code Section 1530
  (a) A purported copy of a writing in the custody of a public entity, or of an entry in such a writing, is prima facie...
• California Evidence Code Section 1531
  For the purpose of evidence, whenever a copy of a writing is attested or certified, the attestation or certificate must state in substance that the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1532
  (a) The official record of a writing is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded writing if: (1) The record...
• California Evidence Code Section 1550
  A nonerasable optical image reproduction provided that additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not permitted by the technology, a photostatic, microfilm, microcard,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1550.1
  Reproductions of files, records, writings, photographs, fingerprints or other instruments in the official custody of a criminal justice agency that were microphotographed or otherwise reproduced...
• California Evidence Code Section 1551
  A print, whether enlarged or not, from a photographic film (including a photographic plate, microphotographic film, photostatic negative, or similar reproduction) of an original writing...
• California Evidence Code Section 1552
  (a) A printed representation of computer information or a computer program is presumed to be an accurate representation of the computer information or computer program...
• California Evidence Code Section 1553
  (a) A printed representation of images stored on a video or digital medium is presumed to be an accurate representation of the images it purports...
• California Evidence Code Section 1560
  (a) As used in this article: (1) "Business" includes every kind of business described in Section 1270. (2) "Record" includes every kind of record maintained...
• California Evidence Code Section 1561
  (a) The records shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the custodian or other qualified witness, stating in substance each of the following: (1) The...
• California Evidence Code Section 1562
  If the original records would be admissible in evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness had been present and testified to the matters stated...
• California Evidence Code Section 1563
  (a) This article shall not be interpreted to require tender or payment of more than one witness fee and one mileage fee or other charge,...
• California Evidence Code Section 1564
  The personal attendance of the custodian or other qualified witness and the production of the original records is not required unless, at the discretion of...
• California Evidence Code Section 1565
  If more than one subpoena duces tecum is served upon the custodian of records or other qualified witness and the personal attendance of the custodian...
• California Evidence Code Section 1566
  This article applies in any proceeding in which testimony can be compelled.
• California Evidence Code Section 1567
  A completed form described in Section 3664 of the Family Code for income and benefit information provided by the employer may be admissible in a...
• California Evidence Code Section 1600
  (a) The record of an instrument or other document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property is prima facie evidence of the existence...
• California Evidence Code Section 1601
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), when in any action it is desired to prove the contents of the official record of any writing...
• California Evidence Code Section 1603
  A deed of conveyance of real property, purporting to have been executed by a proper officer in pursuance of legal process of any of the...
• California Evidence Code Section 1604
  A certificate of purchase, or of location, of any lands in this state, issued or made in pursuance of any law of the United States...
• California Evidence Code Section 1605
  Duplicate copies and authenticated translations of original Spanish title papers relating to land claims in this state, derived from the Spanish or Mexican governments, prepared...

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