California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 961

Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

Neither presumptions of law, nor matters of which judicial notice is authorized or required to be taken, need be stated in an accusatory pleading.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 961 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-2-of-criminal-procedure/title-5-the-pleadings/chapter-2-rules-of-pleading/section-961

Other sections in Chapter 2 - Rules of Pleading

§ 948§ 949§ 950§ 951§ 952§ 953§ 954§ 954.1§ 955§ 956…§ 969§ 969a§ 969b§ 969e§ 969f§ 969.5§ 970§ 971§ 972§ 973

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