{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-643","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 643","heading":"","body":"A deed or will or other writing purporting to create, terminate, or affect an interest in real or personal property is presumed to be authentic if it:\n(a) Is at least 30 years old;\n(b) Is in such condition as to create no suspicion concerning its authenticity;\n(c) Was kept, or if found was found, in a place where such writing, if authentic, would be likely to be kept or found; and\n(d) Has been generally acted upon as authentic by persons having an interest in the matter.","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 3. Presumptions Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence [630. - 647.]"],"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":"689cbaa2b22c12c353441fad499b3f9dbe06b1ed8751a13843a9231200fa8985","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-642","next":"us-ca/evid-644"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}