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Section 19-7-12 – Photographic copies of business and public records.

19-7-12. Photographic copies of business and public records. 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, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in […]

Section 19-7-13 – Common law and statutory methods of proof unimpaired.

19-7-13. Common law and statutory methods of proof unimpaired. Nothing in this title relating to proof of laws, regulations, records, or documents shall prevent proof of the same or lack of entry therein by any other method authorized by any applicable statute or by the rules of evidence at common law. Source: Supreme Court Rule […]

Section 19-7-14 – Suppression or destruction of documentary evidence as misdemeanor.

19-7-14. Suppression or destruction of documentary evidence as misdemeanor. Every person who maliciously practices any deceit or fraud or uses any force or threat with intent to prevent any party to an action, proceeding, trial, investigation, or inquiry from obtaining or producing therein any book, document, paper, record, or other matter or thing which might […]

Section 19-7-15 – Admissible hearing and trial transcripts.

19-7-15. Admissible hearing and trial transcripts. The only transcript of any hearing, court trial or jury trial conducted by the Unified Judicial System that is admissible in evidence shall be that prepared by an official court reporter or court recorder or freelance reporter on contract with the Unified Judicial System. Source: SL 2010, ch 256 […]

Section 19-7-3 – Judicial notice powers unaffected.

19-7-3. Judicial notice powers unaffected. Nothing contained in this title shall affect the power of the court to take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of other jurisdictions nor to accept proof of the same as provided in chapter 19-8. Source: CCivP 1877, §488; CL 1887, §5302; RCCivP 1903, §528; RC 1919, §2718; […]