Evidence Code
EVIDENCE CODE
DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION (1-12)
DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED (100-260)
DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY OF CODE (300)
CHAPTER 2. PROVINCE OF COURT AND JURY (310-312)
CHAPTER 3. ORDER OF PROOF (320)
CHAPTER 4. ADMITTING AND EXCLUDING EVIDENCE
Article 1. General Provisions (350-356)
Article 2. Preliminary Determinations on Admissibility of
Evidence (400-406)
CHAPTER 5. WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE GENERALLY (410-413)
DIVISION 4. JUDICIAL NOTICE (450-460)
DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE;
PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
CHAPTER 1. BURDEN OF PROOF
Article 1. General (500-502)
Article 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues (520-523)
CHAPTER 2. BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE (550)
CHAPTER 3. PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
Article 1. General (600-607)
Article 2. Conclusive Presumptions (620-624)
Article 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing
Evidence (630-647)
Article 4. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Proof (660-670)
DIVISION 6. WITNESSES
CHAPTER 1. COMPETENCY (700-704)
CHAPTER 2. OATH AND CONFRONTATION (710-712)
CHAPTER 3. EXPERT WITNESSES
Article 1. Expert Witnesses Generally (720-723)
Article 2. Appointment of Expert Witness by Court (730-733)
CHAPTER 4. INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS (750-755.5)
CHAPTER 5. METHOD AND SCOPE OF EXAMINATION
Article 1. Definitions (760-764)
Article 2. Examination of Witnesses (765-778)
CHAPTER 6. CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES
Article 1. Credibility Generally (780-783)
Article 2. Attacking or Supporting Credibility (785-791)
CHAPTER 7. HYPNOSIS OF WITNESSES (795)
DIVISION 7. OPINION TESTIMONY AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 1. EXPERT AND OTHER OPINION TESTIMONY
Article 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony Generally (800-805)
Article 2. Evidence of Market Value of Property (810-824)
Article 3. Opinion Testimony on Particular Subjects (870)
DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS (900-905)
CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY OF DIVISION (910)
CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVILEGES (911-920)
CHAPTER 4. PARTICULAR PRIVILEGES
Article 1. Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case (930)
Article 2. Privilege Against Self-Incrimination (940)
Article 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege (950-962)
Article 4. Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse (970-973)
Article 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications (980-987)
Article 6. Physician-Patient Privilege (990-1007)
Article 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege (1010-1027)
Article 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges (1030-1034)
Article 8.5. Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege (1035-1036.2)
Article 8.7. Domestic Violence Counselor-Victim Privilege (1037-1037.8)
Article 8.8. Human Trafficking Caseworker-Victim Privilege (1038-1038.2)
Article 9. Official Information and Identity of Informer (1040-1047)
Article 10. Political Vote (1050)
Article 11. Trade Secret (1060-1063)
CHAPTER 5. IMMUNITY OF NEWSMAN FROM CITATION FOR CONTEMPT (1070)
DIVISION 9. EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES
CHAPTER 1. EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER, HABIT, OR CUSTOM (1100-1109)
CHAPTER 2. MEDIATION (1115-1128)
CHAPTER 3. OTHER EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC
POLICIES (1150-1160)
DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (1200-1205)
CHAPTER 2. EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE
Article 1. Confessions and Admissions (1220-1228.1)
Article 2. Declarations Against Interest (1230)
Article 2.5. Sworn Statements Regarding Gang-Related Crimes 1231-1231.4
Article 3. Prior Statements of Witnesses (1235-1238)
Article 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations 1240-1242
Article 5. Statements of Mental or Physical State (1250-1253)
Article 6. Statements Relating to Wills and to Claims Against
Estates (1260-1261)
Article 7. Business Records (1270-1272)
Article 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings (1280-1284)
Article 9. Former Testimony (1290-1294)
Article 10. Judgments (1300-1302)
Article 11. Family History (1310-1316)
Article 12. Reputation and Statements Concerning Community
History, Property Interests, and Character (1320-1324)
Article 13. Dispositive Instruments and Ancient Writings (1330-1331)
Article 14. Commercial, Scientific, and Similar Publications (1340-1341)
Article 15. Declarant Unavailable as Witness (1350)
Article 16. Statements by Children Under the Age of 12 in
Child Neglect and Abuse Proceedings (1360)
Article 17. Physical Abuse (1370-1380)
DIVISION 11. WRITINGS
CHAPTER 1. AUTHENTICATION AND PROOF OF WRITINGS
Article 1. Requirement of Authentication (1400-1402)
Article 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings (1410-1421)
Article 3. Presumptions Affecting Acknowledged Writings and
Official Writings (1450-1454)
CHAPTER 2. SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS
Article 1. Proof of the Content of a Writing (1520-1523)
Article 2. Official Writings and Recorded Writings (1530-1532)
Article 3. Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of
Writings (1550-1553)
Article 4. Production of Business Records (1560-1567)
CHAPTER 3. OFFICIAL WRITINGS AFFECTING PROPERTY (1600-1605)
