California Evidence Code

§ 1521

EVID § 1521 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 11 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(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 if the court determines either of the following:

(1)A genuine dispute exists concerning material terms of the writing and justice requires the exclusion.

(2)Admission of the secondary evidence would be unfair.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 100, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.