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Chapter 4: Particular Privileges | Article 8: Clergy Penitent Privileges

California Evidence Code – 2026

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Chapter 1: Definitions Chapter 2: Applicability of Division Chapter 3: General Provisions Relating to Privileges Article 1: Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case Article 2: Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Article 3: Lawyer-Client Privilege ARTICLE 3.5. Lawyer Referral Service-Client Privilege Article 4: Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse Article 5: Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications Article 6: Physician-Patient Privilege Article 7: Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Article 8: Clergy Penitent Privileges ARTICLE 8.5. Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege ARTICLE 8.7. Domestic Violence Counselor-Victim Privilege ARTICLE 8.8. Human Trafficking Caseworker-Victim Privilege Article 9: Official Information and Identity of Informer Article 10: Political Vote Article 11: Trade Secret Chapter 5: Immunity of Newsman From Citation for Contempt
§ 1030 As used in this article, a “member of the clergy” means a priest, minister, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church or of a religio… § 1031 As used in this article, “penitent” means a person who has made a penitential communication to a member of the clergy. § 1032 As used in this article, “penitential communication” means a communication made in confidence, in the presence of no third person so far as the penite… § 1033 Subject to Section 912, a penitent, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a penitenti… § 1034 Subject to Section 912, a member of the clergy, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose a penitential communication if he or she… § 1300 Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in … § 1301 Evidence of a final judgment is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered by the judgment debtor to prove any fact which was essential to… § 1302 When the liability, obligation, or duty of a third person is in issue in a civil action, evidence of a final judgment against that person is not made …