{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1420","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1420","heading":"","body":"A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing was received in response to a communication sent to the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to be the author of the writing.","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":"20fdcc57378be7f65592d40ed4e05063b5c2d9b7679471592860bc0b54dabcc6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1419","next":"us-ca/evid-1421"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}