California Evidence Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• 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 established...
• 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...
• Section 602.
  A statute providing that a fact or group of facts is prima facie evidence of another fact establishes a rebuttable presumption.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018