Evid. Code, § 1316 · Article 11. Family History
Evid. Code, § 1316
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar fact of family history is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is contained in a certificate that the maker thereof performed a marriage or other ceremony or administered a sacrament and:
(a) The maker was a clergyman, civil officer, or other person authorized to perform the acts reported in the certificate by law or by the rules, regulations, or requirements of a church, religious denomination, or religious society; and
(b) The certificate was issued by the maker at the time and place of the ceremony or sacrament or within a reasonable time thereafter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1244.
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