{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"640","citation":"Evid. Code, § 640","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 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence [630. - 647.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-5/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A writing is presumed to have been truly dated.</p>","text":"A writing is presumed to have been truly dated.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/presumptions-affecting-the-burden-of-producing-evidence-640","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}