{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1240","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1240","heading":"","body":"Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement:\n(a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition, or event perceived by the declarant; and\n(b) Was made spontaneously while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by such perception.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","ARTICLE 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations [1240. - 1242.]"],"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":"a090cbe40475e57d24e60549abc7b5ea2988bb434ac908a599e35044a687b2b1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1238","next":"us-ca/evid-1241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}