RULE 5-1005. PUBLIC RECORDS
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RULE 5-1005. PUBLIC RECORDS
The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with Rule 5-902 or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If a copy that complies with the foregoing cannot be obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, other evidence of the contents may be given.
Committee note: The applicability of this Rule is not dependent upon the record or document being located in a place that is accessible to the public.
Source: This Rule is derived from F.R.Ev. 1005.
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[Adopted Dec. 15, 1993, eff. July 1, 1994.]
MD Rules, Rule 5-1005, MD R REV Rule 5-1005
Current with amendments received through February 1, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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