Difference between revisions of "Federal Rules of Evidence - Rule 1005. Public Records"
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==The Rule== | ==The Rule== | ||
| − | The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with | + | The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with [[ Federal Rules of Evidence - Rule 902. Self-Authentication | Rule 902 ]] or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If a copy which complies with the foregoing cannot be obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, then other evidence of the contents may be given. |
See [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] | See [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 25 June 2010
The Rule
The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with Rule 902 or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If a copy which complies with the foregoing cannot be obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, then other evidence of the contents may be given.
