{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1315","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1315","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 11. Family History [1310. - 1316.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2/article-11"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1244.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar fact of family history which is contained in a writing made as a record of a church, religious denomination, or religious society is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if:</p><p>(a) The statement is contained in a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event that would be admissible as evidence of such act, condition, or event under Section <a href=\"/evid/1271\">1271</a>; and</p><p>(b) The statement is of a kind customarily recorded in connection with the act, condition, or event recorded in the writing.</p>","text":"Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar fact of family history which is contained in a writing made as a record of a church, religious denomination, or religious society is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if: (a) The statement is contained in a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event that would be admissible as evidence of such act, condition, or event under Section 1271; and (b) The statement is of a kind customarily recorded in connection with the act, condition, or event recorded in the writing.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/family-history-1315","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}