Cal. Evid. Code § 1271 : CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE CODE — HEARSAY EVIDENCE — EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE — BUSINESS RECORDS — Business records exception TEXT PDF Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the act, condition, or event if: (a) The writing was made in the regular course of a business; (b) The writing was made at or near the time of the act, condition, or event; (c) The custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation; and (d) The sources of information and method and time of preparation were such as to indicate its trustworthiness. Ca. Evid. Code § 1271 Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.