California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1520

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

The content of a writing may be proved by an otherwise admissible original.

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Cal. Evid. Code § 1520 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/evid/division-11-writings/chapter-2-secondary-evidence-of-writings/article-1-proof-of-the-content-of-a-writing/section-1520

Other sections in Article 1 - Proof of the Content of a Writing

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