{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"606","citation":"Evid. Code, § 606","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>The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of proof is to impose upon the party against whom it operates the burden of proof as to the nonexistence of the presumed fact.</p>","text":"The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of proof is to impose upon the party against whom it operates the burden of proof as to the nonexistence of the presumed fact.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/general-606","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}