{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1300","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1300","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 10. Judgments [1300. - 1302.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2/article-10"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 390, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in a civil action to prove any fact essential to the judgment whether or not the judgment was based on a plea of nolo contendere.</p>","text":"Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in a civil action to prove any fact essential to the judgment whether or not the judgment was based on a plea of nolo contendere.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/judgments-1300","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}