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Evidence Code § 1532

ARTICLE 2. Official Writings and Recorded Writings

Current as of September 28, 2026Evid. Code, § 1532Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

(a) The official record of a writing is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded writing if:

(1) The record is in fact a record of an office of a public entity; and

(2) A statute authorized such a writing to be recorded in that office.

(b) The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.