Evid. Code, § 1340 · Article 14. Commercial, Scientific, and Similar Publications
Evid. Code, § 1340
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Evidence of a statement, other than an opinion, contained in a tabulation, list, directory, register, or other published compilation is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the compilation is generally used and relied upon as accurate in the course of a business as defined in Section 1270.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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