Evid. Code, § 1401 · Article 1. Requirement of Authentication
Evid. Code, § 1401
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(a) Authentication of a writing is required before it may be received in evidence.
(b) Authentication of a writing is required before secondary evidence of its content may be received in evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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