Chapter 4: Particular Privileges | ARTICLE 8.5. Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege
California Evidence Code – 2026
§ 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…