Idaho § 9-314 - Compared copy of foreign record - Admissibility in evidence
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 9-314 — Compared copy of foreign record - Admissibility in evidence, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-314. Compared copy of foreign record - Admissibility in evidence
A copy of the judicial record of a foreign country is also admissible in evidence, upon proof:
1. That the copy offered has been compared by the witness with the original and is an exact transcript of the whole of it.
2. That such original was in the custody of the clerk of the court, or other legal keeper of the same; and
3. That the copy is duly attested by a seal which is proved to be the seal of the court where the record remains, if it be the record of a court, or if there be no such seal, or if it be not the record of a court, by the signature of the legal keeper of the original.
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-314 ("Compared copy of foreign record - Admissibility in evidence") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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