CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Lay Opinion
.........Proper Subjects
............Valuation of Own Property & Labor
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Owner or spouse may testify re value.

Owner of property qualified to give opinion re its value.

A property owner’s right to testify as to value of property is not absolute; must still satisfy the same rules of admissibility as any other witness regarding the value of real property.

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.

Owner may testify re FMV of own property, but not to its value for specific use.

Owner perfectly competent to testify as to value of his or her own property under Evid. Code §813 (a)(2).

Spouse of owner permitted to testify as to value of business and residence.

Although co-owner may testify as to FMV of property, testimony barred for failure to file and serve statement of valuation; statement required for lay as well as expert W.