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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 8 - Clergy Penitent Privileges
Section 1034.
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CA Ev Code § 1034 (2025)
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1034. Subject to Section 912, a member of the clergy, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose a penitential communication if he or she claims the privilege.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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