California Evidence Code

§ 1284

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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EVID § 1284Div. 10 · Ch. 2 · Art. 8

Statute text

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

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.