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2022 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 11 - WRITINGS
CHAPTER 1 - Authentication and Proof of Writings
ARTICLE 1 - Requirement of Authentication
Section 1400.
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CA Ev Code § 1400 (2022)
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1400. Authentication of a writing means (a) the introduction of evidence sufficient to sustain a finding that it is the writing that the proponent of the evidence claims it is or (b) the establishment of such facts by any other means provided by law.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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