California Evidence Code

§ 1523

EVID § 1523 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 11 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided by statute, oral testimony is not admissible to prove the content of a writing.

(b)Oral testimony of the content of a writing is not made inadmissible by subdivision (a) if the proponent does not have possession or control of a copy of the writing and the original is lost or has been destroyed without fraudulent intent on the part of the proponent of the evidence.

(c)Oral testimony of the content of a writing is not made inadmissible by subdivision (a) if the proponent does not have possession or control of the original or a copy of the writing and either of the following conditions is satisfied:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 100, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.