{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"600","citation":"Evid. Code, § 600","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 3. Presumptions and Inferences [600. - 670.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General [600. - 607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-3/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action. A presumption is not evidence.</p><p>(b) An inference is a deduction of fact that may logically and reasonably be drawn from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action.</p>","text":"(a) A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action. A presumption is not evidence. (b) An inference is a deduction of fact that may logically and reasonably be drawn from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/general-600","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}