California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 3918

The original of the notice and affidavit, or a duly certified copy of the record thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that the delinquent mentioned in Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States  1 has failed or refused to contribute his or her proportion of the expenditure required by that section, and of the service of publication of the notice, unless the writing or affidavit specified in Section 3919 is of record.