2025 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 3 - Lawyer-Client Privilege
Section 955.

Universal Citation:
CA Ev Code § 955 (2025)
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955. The lawyer who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when the communication is sought to be disclosed and is authorized to claim the privilege under subdivision (c) of Section 954.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

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