Evid. Code, § 951 · Article 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege
Evid. Code, § 951
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in this article, “client” means a person who, directly or through an authorized representative, consults a lawyer for the purpose of retaining the lawyer or securing legal service or advice from him in his professional capacity, and includes an incompetent (a) who himself so consults the lawyer or (b) whose guardian or conservator so consults the lawyer in behalf of the incompetent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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