Evid. Code, § 1220 · Article 1. Confessions and Admissions
Evid. Code, § 1220
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a party in either his individual or representative capacity, regardless of whether the statement was made in his individual or representative capacity.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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