Code Civ. Proc., § 1953.12 · Article 4.5. Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity
Code Civ. Proc., § 1953.12
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Upon the hearing the court shall receive such evidence as may be required and if the court is satisfied that the statements contained in the petition are true, it shall make an order reciting the existence, substance, genuineness or authenticity of the destroyed or lost memorandum, book, map, chart, manuscript, writing, account, entry, print, document, representation or combination thereof.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1311.
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