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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EVIDENCE CODE DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION ................ 1-12 DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED ............................. 100-260 DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY OF CODE .................................. 300 CHAPTER 2. PROVINCE OF COURT AND JURY ............................ 310-312 CHAPTER 3. ORDER OF PROOF ......................................... 320 CHAPTER 4. ADMITTING AND EXCLUDING EVIDENCE Article 1. General Provisions ................................... 350-356 Article 2. Preliminary Determinations on Admissibility of Evidence ............................................. 400-406 CHAPTER 5. WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE GENERALLY .......................... 410-413 DIVISION 4. JUDICIAL NOTICE ....................................... 450-460 DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES CHAPTER 1. BURDEN OF PROOF Article 1. General .............................................. 500-502 Article 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues ................... 520-523 CHAPTER 2. BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE ........................... 550 CHAPTER 3. PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES Article 1. General .............................................. 600-607 Article 2. Conclusive Presumptions .............................. 620-624 Article 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence ............................................. 630-647 Article 4. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Proof ........... 660-670 DIVISION 6. WITNESSES CHAPTER 1. COMPETENCY ............................................ 700-704 CHAPTER 2. OATH AND CONFRONTATION ................................ 710-712 CHAPTER 3. EXPERT WITNESSES Article 1. Expert Witnesses Generally ........................... 720-723 Article 2. Appointment of Expert Witness by Court ............... 730-733 CHAPTER 4. INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ........................ 750-755.5 CHAPTER 5. METHOD AND SCOPE OF EXAMINATION Article 1. Definitions .......................................... 760-764 Article 2. Examination of Witnesses ............................. 765-778 CHAPTER 6. CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES Article 1. Credibility Generally ................................ 780-783 Article 2. Attacking or Supporting Credibility .................. 785-791 CHAPTER 7. HYPNOSIS OF WITNESSES .................................. 795 DIVISION 7. OPINION TESTIMONY AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE CHAPTER 1. EXPERT AND OTHER OPINION TESTIMONY Article 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony Generally ......... 800-805 Article 2. Evidence of Market Value of Property ................. 810-824 Article 3. Opinion Testimony on Particular Subjects .............. 870 DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS ........................................... 900-905 CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY OF DIVISION .............................. 910 CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVILEGES ............. 911-920 CHAPTER 4. PARTICULAR PRIVILEGES Article 1. Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case ............... 930 Article 2. Privilege Against Self-Incrimination .................. 940 Article 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege .............................. 950-962 Article 4. Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse .............. 970-973 Article 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications .... 980-987 Article 6. Physician-Patient Privilege ......................... 990-1007 Article 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege .................. 1010-1027 Article 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges ......................... 1030-1034 Article 8.5. Sexual Assault Victim-Counselor Privilege ...... 1035-1036.2 Article 8.7. Domestic Violence Victim-Counselor Privilege ... 1037-1037.8 Article 9. Official Information and Identity of Informer ...... 1040-1047 Article 10. Political Vote ....................................... 1050 Article 11. Trade Secret ...................................... 1060-1063 CHAPTER 5. IMMUNITY OF NEWSMAN FROM CITATION FOR CONTEMPT ......... 1070 DIVISION 9. EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES CHAPTER 1. EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER, HABIT, OR CUSTOM ............. 1100-1109 CHAPTER 2. MEDIATION ........................................... 1115-1128 CHAPTER 3. OTHER EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES ............................................ 1150-1160 DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................. 1200-1205 CHAPTER 2. EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE Article 1. Confessions and Admissions ....................... 1220-1228.1 Article 2. Declarations Against Interest ......................... 1230 Article 2.5. Sworn Statements Regarding Gang-Related Crimes 1231-1231.4 Article 3. Prior Statements of Witnesses ...................... 1235-1238 Article 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations 1240-1242 Article 5. Statements of Mental or Physical State ............. 1250-1253 Article 6. Statements Relating to Wills and to Claims Against Estates ............................................ 1260-1261 Article 7. Business Records ................................... 1270-1272 Article 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings ....... 1280-1284 Article 9. Former Testimony ................................... 1290-1294 Article 10. Judgments ......................................... 1300-1302 Article 11. Family History .................................... 1310-1316 Article 12. Reputation and Statements Concerning Community History, Property Interests, and Character ........ 1320-1324 Article 13. Dispositive Instruments and Ancient Writings ...... 1330-1331 Article 14. Commercial, Scientific, and Similar Publications .. 1340-1341 Article 15. Declarant Unavailable as Witness ..................... 1350 Article 16. Statements by Children Under the Age of 12 in Child Neglect and Abuse Proceedings .................. 1360 Article 17. Physical Abuse .................................... 1370-1380 DIVISION 11. WRITINGS CHAPTER 1. AUTHENTICATION AND PROOF OF WRITINGS Article 1. Requirement of Authentication ...................... 1400-1402 Article 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings ....... 1410-1421 Article 3. Presumptions Affecting Acknowledged Writings and Official Writings .................................. 1450-1454 CHAPTER 2. SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS Article 1. Proof of the Content of a Writing .................. 1520-1523 Article 2. Official Writings and Recorded Writings ............ 1530-1532 Article 3. Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of Writings ........................................... 1550-1553 Article 4. Production of Business Records ..................... 1560-1567 CHAPTER 3. OFFICIAL WRITINGS AFFECTING PROPERTY ................ 1600-1605