Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 225. RULES OF EVIDENCE |
Article X. CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS |
Section 1005. Copies of Public Records to Prove Content
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The proponent may use a copy to prove the content of an official recordor of a document that was recorded or filed in a public office as authorized by lawif these conditions are met: the record or document is otherwise admissible; and the copy is certified as correct in accordance with Rule 902(4) or is testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If no such copy can be obtained by reasonable diligence, then the proponent may use other evidence to prove the content.
Comment This rule is identical to F.R.E. 1005.
Official Note
Adopted May 8, 1998, effective October 1, 1998; rescinded and replaced January 17, 2013, effective March 18, 2013.
Committee Explanatory Reports:
Final Report explaining the January 17, 2013 rescission and replacement published with the Courts Order at 43 Pa.B. 651 (February 2, 2013).
The provisions of this Rule 1005 rescinded and replaced January 17, 2013, effective in sixty days, 43 Pa.B. 620. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (276592) to (276593).