{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1222","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1222","heading":"","body":"Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if:\n(a) The statement was made by a person authorized by the party to make a statement or statements for him concerning the subject matter of the statement; and\n(b) The evidence is offered either after admission of evidence sufficient to sustain a finding of such authority or, in the court’s discretion as to the order of proof, subject to the admission of such evidence.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","ARTICLE 1. Confessions and Admissions [1220. - 1228.1.]"],"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":"0252dd9f06be512c57477c06d61d02aaff1ad3e6ce4e5a301e056bd3a478f98f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1221","next":"us-ca/evid-1223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}