Section 1284 Of Article 8. Official Records And Other Official Writings From California Evidence Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.

. Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered to prove the absence of a record in that office.