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Evidence Code § 1281

ARTICLE 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings

In force on September 28, 2026Evid. Code, § 1281Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

Evidence of a writing made as a record of a birth, fetal death, death, or marriage is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the maker was required by law to file the writing in a designated public office and the writing was made and filed as required by law.