Section 917 Of Chapter 3. General Provisions Relating To Privileges From California Evidence Code >> Division 8. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) If a privilege is claimed on the ground that the matter
sought to be disclosed is a communication made in confidence in the
course of the lawyer-client, lawyer referral service-client,
physician-patient, psychotherapist-patient, clergy-penitent,
husband-wife, sexual assault counselor-victim, domestic violence
counselor-victim, or human trafficking caseworker-victim
relationship, the communication is presumed to have been made in
confidence and the opponent of the claim of privilege has the burden
of proof to establish that the communication was not confidential.
(b) A communication between persons in a relationship listed in
subdivision (a) does not lose its privileged character for the sole
reason that it is communicated by electronic means or because persons
involved in the delivery, facilitation, or storage of electronic
communication may have access to the content of the communication.
(c) For purposes of this section, "electronic" has the same
meaning provided in Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code.