California · Evidence Code

EVID §1421: A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing refers to or states matters that are unlikely to be known to anyone other than the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to

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A writing can be authenticated through evidence showing it refers to matters unlikely known to anyone except the person claimed to have created it.

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A writing may be authenticated by evidence that the writing refers to or states matters that are unlikely to be known to anyone other than the person who is claimed by the proponent of the evidence to be the author of the writing.

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