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60-465. Authentication of copies of records.A writing purporting to be a copy of an official record or of an entrytherein, meets the requirements of authentication if the judge findsthat the writing purports to be published by authority of the nation, stateor subdivision thereof, in which the record is kept orevidence hasbeen introduced sufficient to warrant a finding that the writing is acorrect copy of the record or entry. Extrinsic evidence ofauthenticity as a condition precedent toadmissibility is not required if: (1)The office in which the recordis kept is within this stateand the writing isattested as a correct copyof the record or entry by a person purporting to be an officer, or a deputyof an officer, having the legal custody of the record; (2)the officein which the record iskept is within the United States or territory or insular possession subject tothe dominion of the United States and the writing is attested to as required inclause (1) and authenticated by seal of the office having custody or, if thatoffice has no seal, by a public officer having a seal and having officialdutiesin the district or political subdivision in which the records are keptwho certifies under seal that such officer has custody; or (3) the office inwhichthe record is kept is in a foreign state or country, the writing is attested asrequired in clause (1) and is accompanied by a certificate thatsuch officer has the custody of the recordwhich certificatemay bemade by a secretary of an embassy or legation, consul general, consul,vice-consul, or consular agent or by any officer in the foreign service ofthe United States stationed in the foreign state or country in which therecord is kept, and authenticated by the seal of that office.
History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-465;L. 1998, ch. 103, § 1; July 1.
