{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"623","citation":"Evid. Code, § 623","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 2. Conclusive Presumptions [620. - 624.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Whenever a party has, by his own statement or conduct, intentionally and deliberately led another to believe a particular thing true and to act upon such belief, he is not, in any litigation arising out of such statement or conduct, permitted to contradict it.</p>","text":"Whenever a party has, by his own statement or conduct, intentionally and deliberately led another to believe a particular thing true and to act upon such belief, he is not, in any litigation arising out of such statement or conduct, permitted to contradict it.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/conclusive-presumptions-623","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}