{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1550","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1550","heading":"","body":"(a) If made and preserved as a part of the records of a business, as defined in Section 1270, in the regular course of that business, the following types of evidence of a writing are as admissible as the writing itself:\n(1) A nonerasable optical image reproduction or any other reproduction of a public record by a trusted system, as defined in Section 12168.7 of the Government Code, if additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not permitted by the technology.\n(2) A photostatic copy or reproduction.\n(3) A microfilm, microcard, or miniature photographic copy, reprint, or enlargement.\n(4) Any other photographic copy or reproduction, or an enlargement thereof.\n(b) The introduction of evidence of a writing pursuant to subdivision (a) does not preclude admission of the original writing if it is still in existence. A court may require the introduction of a hard copy printout of the document.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 11. WRITINGS [1400. - 1605.]","CHAPTER 2. Secondary Evidence of Writings [1520. - 1567.]","ARTICLE 3. Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of Writings [1550. - 1553.]"],"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":"0899ef1f8c89d775091eef07d67b58d4ec8f43350d489ca39b692b61c474c89f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1532","next":"us-ca/evid-1550.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}