SECTIONS 1320-1324 - California Statutes

EVIDENCE CODE

SECTION 1320-1324

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.