ARTICLE 1. General [600. - 607.]

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

§§ 600–607 · 8 sections

• § 600 (a) A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action. A…
• § 601 A presumption is either conclusive or rebuttable. Every rebuttable presumption is either (a) a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence or (b) a…
• § 602 A statute providing that a fact or group of facts is prima facie evidence of another fact establishes a rebuttable presumption.
• § 603 A presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence is a presumption established to implement no public policy other than to facilitate the determination…
• § 604 The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence is to require the trier of fact to assume the existence of the presumed fact unless and…
• § 605 A presumption affecting the burden of proof is a presumption established to implement some public policy other than to facilitate the determination of the…
• § 606 The effect of a presumption affecting the burden of proof is to impose upon the party against whom it operates the burden of proof as to the nonexistence of…
• § 607 When a presumption affecting the burden of proof operates in a criminal action to establish presumptively any fact that is essential to the defendant’s guilt,…