{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-115","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 115","heading":"","body":"“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. The burden of proof may require a party to raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.\nExcept as otherwise provided by law, the burden of proof requires proof by a preponderance of the evidence.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED [100. - 260.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b07cd281069e5aa9258465219dec2586682db8a07254f736d18ff6879da8481d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-110","next":"us-ca/evid-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}