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Cal. Evid. Code § 1280

Official Records and Other Official Writings

Applied in 58 court decisions — leading case People v. Sanchez (2016)

Most recently applied in 10 Cal. 5th 786 - People v. Turner (November 2020)

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 642, Sec. 4

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Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in any civil or criminal proceeding to prove the act, condition, or event if all of the following applies:

(a) The writing was made by and within the scope of duty of a public employee.

(b) The writing was made at or near the time of the act, condition, or event.

(c) The sources of information and method and time of preparation were such as to indicate its trustworthiness.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.