California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Evidence Code - EVID |
Division 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE |
Chapter 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule |
ARTICLE 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings |
Section 1284.
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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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)