CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Valuation of Property
............Persons Qualified to Give Opinion
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  • Value of property may be established by expert testimony.
  • RE broker who used lockboxes to steal owners' personal property failed to rebut prima facie evidence of its value established at restitution hearing through owners' testimony.
  • Product salesperson qualified to give opinion on value.
  • Lay owner of land in vicinity, familiar with local land values, should have been permitted to render opinion re FMV of subject property.
  • Owner may testify re value of property.