California Evidence Code CHAPTER 1 - Competency

• 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...
• 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 as to be...
• 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 the...
• 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 proceedings...
• 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...
• 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 a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018