Statute · California Evidence Code
Cal. Evid. Code § 1242 — Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations
Cal. Evid. Code § 1242
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Evidence Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement was made upon his personal knowledge and under a sense of immediately impending death.
Citator
Cal. Evid. Code § 1242 — Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement was made upon his personal knowledge and under a sense of immediately impending death.