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Code of Civil Procedure § 1953.12

ARTICLE 4.5. Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1953.12Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1311.

Upon the hearing the court shall receive such evidence as may be required and if the court is satisfied that the statements contained in the petition are true, it shall make an order reciting the existence, substance, genuineness or authenticity of the destroyed or lost memorandum, book, map, chart, manuscript, writing, account, entry, print, document, representation or combination thereof.