Official Writings and Recorded Writings
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Village of Arlington Heights v. Anderson (2011)
Most recently applied in 2011 IL App (1st) 110748 - Village of Arlington Heights v. Anderson (December 2011)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
(a) The official record of a writing is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded writing if:
(1) The record is in fact a record of an office of a public entity; and
(2) A statute authorized such a writing to be recorded in that office.
(b) The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.