California Evidence Code 1550 v2 – (a) If made and preserved as a part of the records of a …
(a) If made and preserved as a part of the records of a business, as defined in Section 1270, in the regular course of that business, the following types of evidence of a writing are as admissible as the writing itself:
(1) A nonerasable optical image reproduction or any other reproduction of a public record by a trusted system, as defined in § 12168.7 of the Government Code, if additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not permitted by the technology.
Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1550 v2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Evidence: means testimony, writings, material objects, or other things presented to the senses that are offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact. See California Evidence Code 140
- Original: means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. See California Evidence Code 255
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Evidence Code 220
- Writing: means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored. See California Evidence Code 250
(2) A photostatic copy or reproduction.
(3) A microfilm, microcard, or miniature photographic copy, reprint, or enlargement.
(4) Any other photographic copy or reproduction, or an enlargement thereof.
(b) The introduction of evidence of a writing pursuant to subdivision (a) does not preclude admission of the original writing if it is still in existence. A court may require the introduction of a hard copy printout of the document.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative, by Sec. 2 of Ch. 124, when Secretary of State adopts specified standards regarding storage of documents in electronic media.)