Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 601 — Competency to Testify in General
Fed. R. Evid. 601
Fed. R. Evid. 601 (Competency to Testify in General) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Fed. R. Evid. 601.
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Every person is competent to be a witness unless these rules
provide otherwise. But in a civil case, state law governs the
witness’s competency regarding a claim or defense for which state
law supplies the rule of decision.
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Advisory Committee Notes
(As amended Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)