{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-702","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 702","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to Section 801, the testimony of a witness concerning a particular matter is inadmissible unless he has personal knowledge of the matter. Against the objection of a party, such personal knowledge must be shown before the witness may testify concerning the matter.\n(b) A witness’ personal knowledge of a matter may be shown by any otherwise admissible evidence, including his own testimony.","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":"3655b42beae9e6f778b6f522b567fe316adb0eb08046e5b5344ab72c7db5e93e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-701","next":"us-ca/evid-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}