ARTICLE 1. General

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

§§ 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…