California Evidence Code

§ 1550

EVID § 1550 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 11 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)If made and preserved as a part of the records of a business, as defined in Section 1270, in the regular course of that business, the following types of evidence of a writing are as admissible as the writing itself:

(1)A nonerasable optical image reproduction or any other reproduction of a public record by a trusted system, as defined in Section 12168.7 of the Government Code, if additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not permitted by the technology.

(2)A photostatic copy or reproduction.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003. Became operative on July 9, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2002, Ch. 124, Sec. 2.