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  • CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE CODE
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • EVIDENCE CODE
  • DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION ................ 1-12
  • DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED ............................. 100-260
  • DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  • CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY OF CODE .................................. 300
  • CHAPTER 2. PROVINCE OF COURT AND JURY ............................ 310-312
  • CHAPTER 3. ORDER OF PROOF ......................................... 320
  • CHAPTER 4. ADMITTING AND EXCLUDING EVIDENCE
  • Article 1. General Provisions ................................... 350-356
  • Article 2. Preliminary Determinations on Admissibility of
  • Evidence ............................................. 400-406
  • CHAPTER 5. WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE GENERALLY .......................... 410-413
  • DIVISION 4. JUDICIAL NOTICE ....................................... 450-460
  • DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE;
  • PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 1. BURDEN OF PROOF
  • Article 1. General .............................................. 500-502
  • Article 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues ................... 520-523
  • CHAPTER 2. BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE ........................... 550
  • CHAPTER 3. PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
  • Article 1. General .............................................. 600-607
  • Article 2. Conclusive Presumptions .............................. 620-624
  • Article 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing
  • Evidence ............................................. 630-647
  • Article 4. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Proof ........... 660-670
  • DIVISION 6. WITNESSES
  • CHAPTER 1. COMPETENCY ............................................ 700-704
  • CHAPTER 2. OATH AND CONFRONTATION ................................ 710-712
  • CHAPTER 3. EXPERT WITNESSES
  • Article 1. Expert Witnesses Generally ........................... 720-723
  • Article 2. Appointment of Expert Witness by Court ............... 730-733
  • CHAPTER 4. INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ........................ 750-755.5
  • CHAPTER 5. METHOD AND SCOPE OF EXAMINATION
  • Article 1. Definitions .......................................... 760-764
  • Article 2. Examination of Witnesses ............................. 765-778
  • CHAPTER 6. CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES
  • Article 1. Credibility Generally ................................ 780-783
  • Article 2. Attacking or Supporting Credibility .................. 785-791
  • CHAPTER 7. HYPNOSIS OF WITNESSES .................................. 795
  • DIVISION 7. OPINION TESTIMONY AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
  • CHAPTER 1. EXPERT AND OTHER OPINION TESTIMONY
  • Article 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony Generally ......... 800-805
  • Article 2. Evidence of Market Value of Property ................. 810-824
  • Article 3. Opinion Testimony on Particular Subjects .............. 870
  • DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES
  • CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS ........................................... 900-905
  • CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY OF DIVISION .............................. 910
  • CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVILEGES ............. 911-920
  • CHAPTER 4. PARTICULAR PRIVILEGES
  • Article 1. Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case ............... 930
  • Article 2. Privilege Against Self-Incrimination .................. 940
  • Article 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege .............................. 950-962
  • Article 4. Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse .............. 970-973
  • Article 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications .... 980-987
  • Article 6. Physician-Patient Privilege ......................... 990-1007
  • Article 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege .................. 1010-1027
  • Article 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges ......................... 1030-1034
  • Article 8.5. Sexual Assault Victim-Counselor Privilege ...... 1035-1036.2
  • Article 8.7. Domestic Violence Victim-Counselor Privilege ... 1037-1037.8
  • Article 8.8. Human Trafficking Victim-Caseworker Privilege .. 1038-1038.2
  • Article 9. Official Information and Identity of Informer ...... 1040-1047
  • Article 10. Political Vote ....................................... 1050
  • Article 11. Trade Secret ...................................... 1060-1063
  • CHAPTER 5. IMMUNITY OF NEWSMAN FROM CITATION FOR CONTEMPT ......... 1070
  • DIVISION 9. EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES
  • CHAPTER 1. EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER, HABIT, OR CUSTOM ............. 1100-1109
  • CHAPTER 2. MEDIATION ........................................... 1115-1128
  • CHAPTER 3. OTHER EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC
  • POLICIES ............................................ 1150-1160
  • DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE
  • CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................. 1200-1205
  • CHAPTER 2. EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE
  • Article 1. Confessions and Admissions ....................... 1220-1228.1
  • Article 2. Declarations Against Interest ......................... 1230
  • Article 2.5. Sworn Statements Regarding Gang-Related Crimes 1231-1231.4
  • Article 3. Prior Statements of Witnesses ...................... 1235-1238
  • Article 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations 1240-1242
  • Article 5. Statements of Mental or Physical State ............. 1250-1253
  • Article 6. Statements Relating to Wills and to Claims Against
  • Estates ............................................ 1260-1261
  • Article 7. Business Records ................................... 1270-1272
  • Article 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings ....... 1280-1284
  • Article 9. Former Testimony ................................... 1290-1294
  • Article 10. Judgments ......................................... 1300-1302
  • Article 11. Family History .................................... 1310-1316
  • Article 12. Reputation and Statements Concerning Community
  • History, Property Interests, and Character ........ 1320-1324
  • Article 13. Dispositive Instruments and Ancient Writings ...... 1330-1331
  • Article 14. Commercial, Scientific, and Similar Publications .. 1340-1341
  • Article 15. Declarant Unavailable as Witness ..................... 1350
  • Article 16. Statements by Children Under the Age of 12 in
  • Child Neglect and Abuse Proceedings .................. 1360
  • Article 17. Physical Abuse .................................... 1370-1380
  • DIVISION 11. WRITINGS
  • CHAPTER 1. AUTHENTICATION AND PROOF OF WRITINGS
  • Article 1. Requirement of Authentication ...................... 1400-1402
  • Article 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings ....... 1410-1421
  • Article 3. Presumptions Affecting Acknowledged Writings and
  • Official Writings .................................. 1450-1454
  • CHAPTER 2. SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS
  • Article 1. Proof of the Content of a Writing .................. 1520-1523
  • Article 2. Official Writings and Recorded Writings ............ 1530-1532
  • Article 3. Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of
  • Writings ........................................... 1550-1553
  • Article 4. Production of Business Records ..................... 1560-1567
  • CHAPTER 3. OFFICIAL WRITINGS AFFECTING PROPERTY ................ 1600-1605