{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-550","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 550","heading":"","body":"(a) The burden of producing evidence as to a particular fact is on the party against whom a finding on that fact would be required in the absence of further evidence.\n(b) The burden of producing evidence as to a particular fact is initially on the party with the burden of proof as to that fact.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]","CHAPTER 2. Burden of Producing Evidence [550. - 550.]"],"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":"835da3f429c0fae005a610ff9218364fe376d095a4c149e0d343a88f49354cc9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-524","next":"us-ca/evid-600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}