Evid. Code, § 647 · Article 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence
Evid. Code, § 647
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The return of a process server registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code upon process or notice establishes a presumption, affecting the burden of producing evidence, of the facts stated in the return.
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History
Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 528.
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