{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-600","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 600","heading":"","body":"(a) A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action. A presumption is not evidence.\n(b) An inference is a deduction of fact that may logically and reasonably be drawn from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]","CHAPTER 3. Presumptions and Inferences [600. - 670.]","ARTICLE 1. General [600. - 607.]"],"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":"d7de7890451678eafa675ae214290f29e0a616ebc123fc38b9e3b0147f0294bc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-550","next":"us-ca/evid-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}