{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-502","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 502","heading":"","body":"The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that a party raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]","CHAPTER 1. Burden of Proof [500. - 524.]","ARTICLE 1. General [500. - 502.]"],"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":"2d3b2576b3ef25873f1473f732db99a72ca8ab7e0e8bf742b2433760d51c9a50","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-501","next":"us-ca/evid-520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}