California § 1600. 1600. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 650.)

California Statutes

§ 1600. — 1600. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 650.)

California § 1600.

Code EVIDEvidence Code - EVID

Div. 11.DIVISION 11. WRITINGS

Ch. 3.CHAPTER 3. Official Writings Affecting Property

This text of California § 1600. (1600. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 650.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID Code § 1600. (2026).

Text

(a)The record of an instrument or other document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded document and its execution and delivery by each person by whom it purports to have been executed if:

(1)The record is in fact a record of an office of a public entity; and

(2)A statute authorized such a document to be recorded in that office.

(b)The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a)
The record of an instrument or other document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded document and its execution and delivery by each person by whom it purports to have been executed if:
(1)
The record is in fact a record of an office of a public entity; and
(2)
A statute authorized such a document to be recorded in that office.
(b)
The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 650.

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

California § 1600., Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ca/EVID/1600..