Section 600.01 — Business.

600.01 BUSINESS. The term “business” shall include every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. History: (9870-1) 1939 c 78 s 1

Section 600.02 — Business Records As Evidence.

600.02 BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE. A record of an act, condition, or event shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the […]

Section 600.03 — Interpretation.

600.03 INTERPRETATION. Sections 600.01 to 600.03 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them. History: (9870-3) 1939 c 78 s 3

Section 600.04 — Citation, Uniform Business Records As Evidence Act.

600.04 CITATION, UNIFORM BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE ACT. Sections 600.01 to 600.04 may be cited as the “Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.” History: (9870-4) 1939 c 78 s 4

Section 600.05 — Account Books; Loose-leaf System.

600.05 ACCOUNT BOOKS; LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM. When a party in any cause or proceeding shall produce at the trial the party’s account books, and prove that the same are the party’s account books kept for that purpose, that they contain the original entries for moneys paid, goods or other articles delivered, services performed or material furnished; […]

Section 600.06 — Book Entries By A Person Deceased.

600.06 BOOK ENTRIES BY A PERSON DECEASED. Entries made in any book by a person now dead authorized to make the same, may be received as evidence in a case proper for the admission of such book as evidence on proof that the same are in the deceased person’s handwriting and in a book kept […]

Section 600.07 — Books Proved By Deposition.

600.07 BOOKS PROVED BY DEPOSITION. When such books or entries therein are proved by deposition, the production of the books before the officer taking the deposition shall be equivalent to producing the same at the trial, and copies of the entries therein contained desired to be introduced in evidence may be attached to the deposition […]

Section 600.08 — Letterpress Copies.

600.08 LETTERPRESS COPIES. The production of a letterpress copy of any letter, before the officer taking the deposition, shall be equivalent to producing the same at the trial and, when so produced, a copy thereof may be attached to the deposition as an exhibit, and shall be evidence of like force and effect as the […]

Section 600.09 — Affidavits, Taken Out Of State.

600.09 AFFIDAVITS, TAKEN OUT OF STATE. All oaths and affidavits taken out of the state before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and certified by the court administrator of a court of record, may be used and read upon the argument of any motion, with the same effect as if taken within this state. If […]

Section 600.10 — Affidavit Of Publication.

600.10 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION. When notice of any application to a court or judicial officer is required by law to be published in a newspaper, an affidavit by the printer of such newspaper, or the printer’s lead supervisor or clerk, annexed to a printed copy of such notice taken from the newspaper in which it […]

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 600.12 — 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 […]

Section 600.18 — Federal Census; Population.

600.18 FEDERAL CENSUS; POPULATION. The governor shall obtain from the director of the federal census such certified copies thereof as will show the population of the several political divisions of this state, which certified copies shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, and thereafter the several political divisions of the state […]

Section 600.19 — Abstracts Of Title To Be Received In Evidence.

600.19 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TO BE RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE. In any action wherein the title to real property is in controversy, any abstract of title thereof, duly certified by any bonded abstracter or by any county recorder of any county wherein such real property is situated, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all […]