Section 1284
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California Code › Code evid › Division 10 › Chapter 2 › Article 8 › Section 1284
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Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the absence of a record in that office.
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