Evid. Code, § 250 · Division 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Evid. Code, § 250
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Writing” means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 945, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.
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