# Cal. EVID § 1600: Section 1600

> California · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1600

## Section

- **Citation:** Cal. EVID § 1600
- **Heading:** Section 1600
- **Jurisdiction:** California
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** California Code / Code evid / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 1600

## 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.

## Nearby sections

- [Cal. EVID § 1600 Section 1600](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1600.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1601 Section 1601](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1601.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1603 Section 1603](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1603.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1604 Section 1604](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1604.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1605 Section 1605](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D11_C3_S1605.md)

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