FRE Rule 1005

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Below is Rule 1005 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Rule 1005 deals with Public Records, and is indexed under Article X. Contents Of Writings, Recordings, And Photographs.

The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, 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.