(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under Section 10294 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

(b) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this article, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

Terms Used In California Government Code 10295

  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See California Government Code 10291
  • 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.
  • Legal material: means all of the following, whether or not in effect:

    California Government Code 10291

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See California Government Code 10291
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Government Code 10291

(c) A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under Section 10294 has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 310, Sec. 1. (SB 1075) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative July 1, 2015, by Sec. 2 of Ch. 310.)

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