Evidence Code section 1284

Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the absence of a record in that office.

Source: Section 1284, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EVID§ionNum=1284. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/evidence_code_section_1284

Original Source: Section 1284, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EVID§ionNum=1284. (last accessed Apr. 24, 2025).