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92.05 – Final Judgments and Decrees of Courts of Record.

92.05 Final judgments and decrees of courts of record.—All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter rendered and entered in courts of record of this state, and certified copies thereof, shall be admissible as prima facie evidence in the several courts of this state of the entry and validity of such judgments and decrees. For the […]

92.06 – Judgments and Decrees of United States District Courts.

92.06 Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts.—All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter to be rendered and entered in the United States District Courts of this state and certified copies thereof are declared to be admissible as prima facie evidence in the several courts of this state of the entry and validity of […]

92.07 – Judgments and Decrees of This State.

92.07 Judgments and decrees of this state.—The recitals in all judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court and of the several circuit courts of this state, when such judgment or decree appears regular and has been recorded as provided by law for more than 20 years, shall be admissible in evidence as prima facie proof of […]

92.08 – Deeds and Powers of Attorney of Record for 20 Years or More.

92.08 Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more.—The recitals in any deed of conveyance or power of attorney shall be admissible in evidence when offered in evidence by either party to any suit at law or in equity as prima facie proof of the truth of the facts therein recited, provided […]

92.09 – Effect of Reversal, etc., of Judgment or Successful Attack on Deed.

92.09 Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed.—No copy of a judgment or decree shall be admitted in evidence as aforesaid when it shall be made to appear that such decree has been reversed, annulled, vacated, or set aside, or that the same in collateral proceedings has been successfully attacked. No deed […]

92.13 – Certified Copies of Records of Certified Copies.

92.13 Certified copies of records of certified copies.—Certified copies of the record of certified copies of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments referred to in s. 695.19 shall have the same effect as to notice and all other purposes whatsoever as the record of the original has or can have; and certified copies of […]

92.14 – United States Deeds and Patents and Copies Thereof.

92.14 United States deeds and patents and copies thereof.—Deeds and patents issued by the United States Government and photographic copies made by authority of said government from its records thereof in the General Land Office, embracing lands in this state, and certified copies of the record thereof made in this state may be used in evidence […]

92.141 – Law Enforcement Employees; Travel Expenses; Compensation as Witness.

92.141 Law enforcement employees; travel expenses; compensation as witness.—Any employee of a law enforcement agency of a municipality or county or the state who appears as an official witness to testify at any hearing or law action in any court of this state as a direct result of his or her employment in the law enforcement […]

92.142 – Witnesses; Pay.

92.142 Witnesses; pay.— (1) Witnesses in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts, now or hereafter created, and witnesses summoned before any arbitrator or general or special magistrate appointed by the court shall receive for each day’s actual attendance $5 and also 6 cents per mile for actual distance traveled to and from the courts. A […]

92.143 – Compensation to Traffic Court Witnesses.

92.143 Compensation to traffic court witnesses.—Any party who secures the attendance of a witness in traffic court shall bear all costs of calling the witness, including witness fees. If the witness is required to testify on behalf of the prosecution, the office of the state attorney of the respective judicial circuit shall pay the fees and […]

92.151 – Witness Compensation; Payment; Overcharges.

92.151 Witness compensation; payment; overcharges.—Compensation shall be paid to the witness by the party in whose behalf the witness is summoned, and the prevailing party may tax the same as costs against the prevailing party’s adversary; but no person shall be compelled to attend court as a witness in any civil cause unless the party in […]

92.153 – Production of Documents by Witnesses; Reimbursement of Costs.

92.153 Production of documents by witnesses; reimbursement of costs.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: (a) “Disinterested witness” means a person to whom a summons is issued with respect to documents involving or relating to transactions of others and who has not initiated a proceeding, is not a party to a proceeding, and is not the subject of […]

92.16 – Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund Respecting the Ownership, Conveyance Of, and Other Facts in Connection With Public Lands.

92.16 Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands.—A certificate of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund under its official seal, with respect to the present or past ownership by the state or by the school, […]

92.18 – Certificate of State Officer.

92.18 Certificate of state officer.—The certificate of any state officer, under seal of office, as to any official act occurring in the course of the official business of the office in which the state officer presides, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact. History.—s. 1, ch. 3250, 1881; RS 1113; GS 1525; RGS 2725; CGL […]

92.19 – Portions of Records.

92.19 Portions of records.—In all cases where any certified copy of any record, pleading, document, deed, conveyance, paper or instrument in writing, involving the title to real estate shall be lawfully admissible in evidence in any of the courts of this state, a certified copy of such portions of such instrument as shall contain the essential […]

92.20 – Certificates Issued Under Authority of Congress.

92.20 Certificates issued under authority of Congress.—Every certificate issued under authority of the Congress and every duly certified copy thereof under the seal of the United States governmental department having the authority to issue such certified copy, relating to the grade, classification, quality or condition of agricultural products shall be accepted in any court of this […]

92.21 – Certificate as to Sanitary Condition of Buildings.

92.21 Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings.—Every owner, agent, or lessee of any building or buildings used for the purpose of providing board and lodgings for the entertainment of guests, containing 10 rooms or more, who shall have obtained and posted a certificate as provided by law, may present the same as evidence in the […]

92.23 – Rule of Evidence in Suits on Fire Policies for Loss or Damage to Building.

92.23 Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building.—In all suits or proceedings brought upon policies of insurance on buildings against loss or damage by fire, hereafter issued or renewed, the insurer shall not be permitted to deny that the property insured was worth, at the time of insuring it […]

92.231 – Expert Witnesses; Fee.

92.231 Expert witnesses; fee.— (1) The term “expert witness” as used herein shall apply to any witness who offers himself or herself in the trial of any action as an expert witness or who is subpoenaed to testify in such capacity before a state attorney in the investigation of a criminal matter, or before a grand jury, […]