Evidence Rule 1005

Rule 1005. Public Records

The contents of an official record or of a writing authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by a 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, other evidence of the contents may be admitted.
HISTORY:Adopted September 15, 1992 to be effective July 1, 1993.