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Code of Civil Procedure § 1953.13

ARTICLE 4.5. Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1953.13Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1311.

The order of court made upon such hearing shall refer to the memorandum, book, map, chart, manuscript, writing, account, entry, record, print, document, representation or combination thereof which is the subject of said petition and such court order shall be deemed in lieu of the original and have the same effect as if the original had not been damaged, destroyed or otherwise rendered wholly or partially illegible.