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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 5 - BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
CHAPTER 3 - Presumptions and Inferences
ARTICLE 3 - Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence
Section 638.
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CA Ev Code § 638 (2025)
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638. A person who exercises acts of ownership over property is presumed to be the owner of it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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