Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns an event of general history of the community or of the state or nation of which the community is a part and the event was of importance to the community.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1320

  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Evidence Code 220