{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1974","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1974","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE [1878. - 1974.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Indispensable Evidence [1971. - 1974.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-2/chapter-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 720.","effective":null,"html":"<p>No evidence is admissible to charge a person upon a representation as to the credit of a third person, unless such representation, or some memorandum thereof, be in writing, and either subscribed by or in the handwriting of the party to be charged. This section is a Statute of Frauds provision and is to be applied in a manner that is consistent with the manner in which subdivision 2 of Section <a href=\"/civ/1624\">1624</a> of the Civil Code is applied.</p>","text":"No evidence is admissible to charge a person upon a representation as to the credit of a third person, unless such representation, or some memorandum thereof, be in writing, and either subscribed by or in the handwriting of the party to be charged. This section is a Statute of Frauds provision and is to be applied in a manner that is consistent with the manner in which subdivision 2 of Section 1624 of the Civil Code is applied.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/indispensable-evidence-1974","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}