ARTICLE 12. Reputation and Statements Concerning Community History, Property Interests, and Character [1320. - 1324.]

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID 12.

in effect

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1320. Section 1320.

Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns an event of general history of the community or of the state or nation of which the community is a part and the event was of importance to the community.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1321. Section 1321.

Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the interest of the public in property in the community and the reputation arose before controversy.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1322. Section 1322.

Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns boundaries of, or customs affecting, land in the community and the reputation arose before controversy.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1323. Section 1323.

Evidence of a statement concerning the boundary of land is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness and had sufficient knowledge of the subject, but evidence of a statement is not admissible under this section if the statement was made under circumstances such as to indicate its lack of trustworthiness.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1324. Section 1324.

Evidence of a person’s general reputation with reference to his character or a trait of his character at a relevant time in the community in which he then resided or in a group with which he then habitually associated is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026