{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-710","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 710","heading":"","body":"Every witness before testifying shall take an oath or make an affirmation or declaration in the form provided by law, except that a child under the age of 10 or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment, in the court’s discretion, may be required only to promise to tell the truth.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","CHAPTER 2. Oath and Confrontation [710. - 712.]"],"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":"b4b5049beecb2f65488f16f45501e1932af8358ad88fbbf9802d78dc8daca32b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-704","next":"us-ca/evid-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}