{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1421","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1421","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. WRITINGS [1400. - 1605.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Authentication and Proof of Writings [1400. - 1454.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-11/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings [1410. - 1421.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-11/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing refers to or states matters that are unlikely to be known to anyone other than the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to be the author of the writing.</p>","text":"A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing refers to or states matters that are unlikely to be known to anyone other than the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to be the author of the writing.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/means-of-authenticating-and-proving-writings-1421","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}