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Section 600.25 — Prima Facie Evidence.

600.25 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the […]

Section 600.11 — Printer’s Affidavit.

600.11 PRINTER’S AFFIDAVIT. The original affidavit of the printer of any newspaper, or of the printer’s lead supervisor or court administrator, of the publication of any summons, notice, order, resolution, or other advertisement which by law is required or authorized to be published in such newspaper, and copies of the same, or of the record […]

Section 600.26 — Authority Presumed.

600.26 AUTHORITY PRESUMED. For the purposes of section 600.24 and section 600.25 any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described in said sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by […]

Section 600.12 — Affidavit Of Officer Of Historical Society As To Publication.

600.12 AFFIDAVIT OF OFFICER OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS TO PUBLICATION. When a legal notice appears in any newspaper, purporting to have been published in this state prior to 1900 and filed with the state historical society, the affidavit of any officer of such society, setting forth a copy of such notice, and stating that it […]

Section 600.13 — Original Records; Probate Court Decrees; Certified Copies.

600.13 ORIGINAL RECORDS; PROBATE COURT DECREES; CERTIFIED COPIES. The original record made by any public officer in the performance of official duty shall be prima facie evidence of the facts required or permitted by law to be recorded by the officer. A copy of such record, or of any document which is made evidence by […]

Section 600.135 — Photographic Copies Of Business And Public Records.

600.135 PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Records; destruction, photographic copies. If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, […]

Section 600.14 — Instruments Acknowledged; Evidence.

600.14 INSTRUMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED; EVIDENCE. Every written instrument, except promissory notes, bills of exchange, and the last wills of deceased persons, may be acknowledged in the manner now provided by law for taking the acknowledgment of deeds, and the certificate of the proper officer endorsed thereon shall entitle such instrument to be read in evidence in […]

Section 600.15 — Written Instruments; Signatures; Pleading And Proof.

600.15 WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS; SIGNATURES; PLEADING AND PROOF. Every written instrument purporting to have been signed or executed by any person shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, section 336.3-308(a). History: (9887) RL s 4730; 1965 c 812 s 24; 1992 c 565 s 113

Section 600.16 — Endorsement Of Money Received.

600.16 ENDORSEMENT OF MONEY RECEIVED. An endorsement of money received on any promissory note, which appears to have been made when it was against the interest of the holder to make it, is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. History: (9888) RL s 4731

Section 600.17 — Copies Of Government Records And Documents.

600.17 COPIES OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS. (1) Copies of any books, records, papers or other documents in any of the executive departments of the United States government, or of any corporation all of the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States, either directly or indirectly, shall be admitted in evidence equally […]