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Chapter 4: Particular Privileges | ARTICLE 8.5. Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege

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
§ 1035 As used in this article, “victim” means a person who consults a sexual assault counselor for the purpose of securing advice or assistance concerning a… § 1035.2 As used in this article, “sexual assault counselor” means any of the following: (a) A person who is engaged in any office, hospital, institution, or c… § 1035.4 As used in this article, “confidential communication between the sexual assault counselor and the victim” means information transmitted between the vi… § 1035.6 As used in this article, “holder of the privilege” means: (a) The victim when such person has no guardian or conservator. § 1035.8 A victim of a sexual assault, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential co… § 1036 The sexual assault counselor who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege if he or she i… § 1036.2 As used in this article, “sexual assault” includes all of the following: (a) Rape, as defined in Section 261 of the Penal Code. § 1310 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), evidence of a statement by a declarant who is unavailable as a witness concerning his own birth, marriage, divorce, a … § 1311 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), evidence of a statement concerning the birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry,… § 1312 Evidence of entries in family Bibles or other family books or charts, engravings on rings, family portraits, engravings on urns, crypts, or tombstones… § 1313 Evidence of reputation among members of a family is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the birth, marriage, divorce,… § 1314 Evidence of reputation in a community concerning the date or fact of birth, marriage, divorce, or death of a person resident in the community at the t… § 1315 Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or… § 1316 Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or…