§ 1033

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2003.

Subject to Section 912, a penitent, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a penitential communication if he or she claims the privilege.

Other sections in Article 8 - Clergy Penitent Privileges

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