§ 34-39-4-1 — Proceedings and judgment; foreign states; United States territories; District of Columbia

Indiana § 34-39-4-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 39: EVIDENCE: COURT DECISIONS AND RECORDS
• Ch. 4: Records and Proceedings in Foreign Jurisdictions

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Copies of the proceedings and judgments of
any justice of the peace of any state or territory of the United States or
of the District of Columbia:
(1) certified by the hand and seal of:
(A) the justice before whom the proceedings were held or
judgments rendered; or
(B) the justice's successor in office, or other justices having
legal custody of the proceedings or judgments;
that the copies are true and complete copies of the proceedings or
judgments; and
(2) accompanied by the certificate of the clerk or prothonotary of
any court of record of the county or district where the justice
holds office, certifying under the seal of the court that the justice
was duly commissioned and qualified to act as a justice at the
time:
(A) the proceedings were held or the judgments rendered; and
(B) the copy was taken;
are admissible as evidence in any court in Indiana.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.