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2024 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 5 - BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
CHAPTER 1 - Burden of Proof
ARTICLE 1 - General
Section 500.
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CA Ev Code § 500 (2024)
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500. Except as otherwise provided by law, a party has the burden of proof as to each fact the existence or nonexistence of which is essential to the claim for relief or defense that he is asserting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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