{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1240","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1240","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations [1240. - 1242.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement:</p><p>(a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition, or event perceived by the declarant; and</p><p>(b) Was made spontaneously while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by such perception.</p>","text":"Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement: (a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition, or event perceived by the declarant; and (b) Was made spontaneously while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by such perception.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/spontaneous-contemporaneous-and-dying-declarations-1240","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}