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Cal. EVID § 1331

This is the official text of Cal. EVID § 1331, part of California’s Evidence Code — sets the rules for what evidence is admissible in California courts.

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Official statutory text

Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is contained in a writing more than 30 years old and the statement has been since generally acted upon as true by persons having an interest in the matter.

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