{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"502","citation":"Evid. Code, § 502","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Burden of Proof [500. - 524.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General [500. - 502.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that a party raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.</p>","text":"The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that a party raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/general-502","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}