Rule 1005 Public records
Article X. Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs
Rule Text
The contents of a public record, 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.
Amendment history: L 1980, c 164, pt of §1