{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1419","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1419","heading":"","body":"Where a writing whose genuineness is sought to be proved is more than 30 years old, the comparison under Section 1417 or 1418 may be made with writing purporting to be genuine, and generally respected and acted upon as such, by persons having an interest in knowing whether it is genuine.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 11. WRITINGS [1400. - 1605.]","CHAPTER 1. Authentication and Proof of Writings [1400. - 1454.]","ARTICLE 2. Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings [1410. - 1421.]"],"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":"c6c35f97518b7fe2b47b663dd251173ffc08a8a2baa95913841515e2eabf6d86","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1418","next":"us-ca/evid-1420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}