§ 34-39-4-3 — Records and judicial proceedings of foreign courts

Indiana § 34-39-4-3

• 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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(a) The records and judicial proceedings of the
several courts of record of or within the United States or the territories
of the United States shall be admitted in Indiana courts as evidence
when authenticated by attestation or certificate of the clerk or
prothonotary, with the seal of the court annexed, together with the seal
of the chief justice or one (1) or more of the judges, or the presiding
magistrate of the court, that:
(1) the person who signed the attestation or certificate was, at the
time of subscribing it, the clerk or prothonotary of the court; and
(2) the attestation is in due form of law.
(b) Records and judicial proceedings that have been authenticated
as described in subsection (a) shall have full faith and credit given to
them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts
in which they originated.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-7.]

Legislative History

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