{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-700","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 700","heading":"","body":"Except as otherwise provided by statute, every person, irrespective of age, is qualified to be a witness and no person is disqualified to testify to any matter.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","CHAPTER 1. Competency [700. - 704.]"],"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":"322466e68c4f249d345b43f3c085bf00ac98cad53c6d4cfbb0078eb0a05dbbdc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-670","next":"us-ca/evid-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}