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Evidence Code § 1284

ARTICLE 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings

Current as of September 28, 2026Evid. Code, § 1284Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the absence of a record in that office.