CHAPTER 1. Burden of Proof [500. - 524.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

§§ 500–524 · 8 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 500–502 · 3 sections

   • § 500 Except as otherwise provided by law, a party has the burden of proof as to each fact the existence or nonexistence of which is essential to the claim for…
   • § 501 Insofar as any statute, except Section 522, assigns the burden of proof in a criminal action, such statute is subject to Penal Code Section 1096.
   • § 502 The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that…
2. ARTICLE 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues §§ 520–524 · 5 sections

   • § 520 The party claiming that a person is guilty of crime or wrongdoing has the burden of proof on that issue.
   • § 521 The party claiming that a person did not exercise a requisite degree of care has the burden of proof on that issue.
   • § 522 The party claiming that any person, including himself, is or was insane has the burden of proof on that issue.
   • § 523 In any action where the state is a party, regardless of who is the moving party, where (a) the boundary of land patented or otherwise granted by the state is…
   • § 524 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a civil proceeding to which the State Board of Equalization is a party, that board shall have the burden of…