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2025 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 11 - WRITINGS
CHAPTER 2 - Secondary Evidence of Writings
ARTICLE 2 - Official Writings and Recorded Writings
Section 1532.
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CA Ev Code § 1532 (2025)
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1532. (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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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