A deed of conveyance of real property, purporting to have been executed by a proper officer in pursuance of legal process of any of the courts of record of this state, acknowledged and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein the real property therein described is situated, or the record of such deed, or a certified copy of such record, is prima facie evidence that the property or interest therein described was thereby conveyed to the grantee named in such deed. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 650.)

Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1603

  • Burden of proof: means the obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court. See California Evidence Code 115
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See California Evidence Code 185
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Evidence Code 220