{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1281","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1281","heading":"","body":"Evidence of a writing made as a record of a birth, fetal death, death, or marriage is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the maker was required by law to file the writing in a designated public office and the writing was made and filed as required by law.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","ARTICLE 8. Official Records and Other Official Writings [1280. - 1285.]"],"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":"9db7eafc79fd897bbbc5c28002d38b5e5dceee2a6b42ba94a98303d17f11caec","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1280","next":"us-ca/evid-1282"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}