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Cal. Evid. Code § 1420
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§ 1420 [Authentication by Reply Communication]
Division 11: Writings | Chapter 1: Authentication and Proof of Writings | Article 2: Means of Authenticating and Proving Writings
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Rule Text
A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing was received in response to a communication sent to the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to be the author of the writing.
Amendment history: Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.