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FL Stat § 92.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.29 - Photographic or Electronic Copies.

92.29 Photographic or electronic copies.—Photographic reproductions or reproductions through electronic recordkeeping systems made by any federal, state, county, or municipal governmental board, department or agency, in the regular course of business, of any original record, document, paper or instrument in writing or in an electronic recordkeeping system, which is, or may be, required or authorized to be made, filed, or recorded with that board, department or agency shall in all cases and in all courts and places be admitted and received as evidence with a like force and effect as the original would be, whether the original record, document, paper, or instrument in writing or in an electronic recordkeeping system is in existence or not.History.—s. 1, ch. 20866, 1941; s. 7, ch. 94-348.
FL Stat § 92.295 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.295 - Copies of Voter Registration Records.

92.295 Copies of voter registration records.—Any reproduction of an original voter registration record stored pursuant to s. 98.461, whether microfilmed or maintained digitally or on electronic, magnetic, or optic media, which reproduction is certified by the supervisor of elections who is the custodian of the record, is admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding in this state with the same effect as the original voter registration record, whether the original voter registration record exists or not.History.—s. 1, ch. 88-45; s. 7, ch. 90-315.
FL Stat § 92.30 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.30 - Presumption of Death; Official Findings.

92.30 Presumption of death; official findings.—A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such findings, pursuant to the 1Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and Pub. L. No. 408, Ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th Cong.; 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances, and place of the person’s disappearance.History.—s. 1, ch. 22866, 1945; s. 22, ch. 77-104; s. 514, ch. 95-147.1Note.—Repealed by Act Sept. 6, 1966, Pub. L. No. 89-554, s. 8(a), 80 Stat. 632, 651-654, 656, 657, 659, 662.
FL Stat § 92.31 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.31 - Missing Persons and Persons Imprisoned or Interned in Foreign Countries; Official Reports.

92.31 Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries; official reports.—An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in s. 92.30, or by any other law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.History.—s. 2, ch. 22866, 1945.
FL Stat § 92.32 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.32 - Official Findings and Reports; Presumption of Authority to Issue or Execute.

92.32 Official findings and reports; presumption of authority to issue or execute.—For the purposes of this law, any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described above, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or employee pursuant to law, and the person signing same shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of the person’s authority. If a copy purports to have been certified by a person authorized by law to certify the same, such certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of the person’s authority so to certify.History.—s. 3, ch. 22866, 1945; s. 515, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 92.33 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.33 - Written Statement Concerning Injury to Person or Property; Furnishing Copies; Admission as Evidence.

92.33 Written statement concerning injury to person or property; furnishing copies; admission as evidence.—Every person who shall take a written statement by any injured person with respect to any accident or with respect to any injury to person or property shall, at the time of taking such statement, furnish to the person making such statement a true and complete copy thereof. Any person having taken, or having possession of any written statement or a copy of such statement, by any injured person with respect to any accident or with respect to any injury to person or property shall, at the request of the person who made such statement or his or her personal representative, furnish the person who made such statement or his or her personal representative a true and complete copy thereof. No written statement by an injured person shall be admissible in evidence or otherwise used in any manner in any civil action relating to the subject matter thereof unless it shall be made to appear that a true and complete copy thereof was furnished to the person making such statement at the time of the making thereof, or, if it shall be made to appear that thereafter a person having possession of such statement refused, upon request of the person who made the statement or his or her personal representatives, to furnish him or her a true and complete copy thereof.History.—s. 1, ch. 26482, 1951; s. 516, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 92.351 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.351 - Prohibition Against Prisoners Submitting Nondocumentary Physical Evidence Without Authorization of Court; Prisoner Mailings to Courts.

92.351 Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court; prisoner mailings to courts.—(1) No prisoner as defined by s. 57.085 who is a party to a judicial proceeding may submit evidence or any other item that is not in paper document form to a court or clerk of court without first obtaining authorization from the court. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, all nondocumentary evidence or items offered in support of a motion, pleading, or other document filed with the court. This prohibition does not preclude a prisoner who is appearing in person or through counsel before a court at a trial or hearing from submitting physical evidence to the court at the appropriate time.(2) A corrections or detention facility for prisoners may conduct a cursory examination of the outside of any package or other mailing from a prisoner to a court or clerk of court of this state to determine whether the package or mailing contains materials other than paper documents. If such package or mailing appears to contain materials other than paper documents, the facility shall refuse to forward it until the sender presents a court order authorizing the mailing of such nondocumentary items or demonstrates that the contents are not prohibited by this section.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-106.
FL Stat § 92.38 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.38 - Comparison of Disputed Writings.

92.38 Comparison of disputed writings.—Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by the witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the jury, or to the court in case of a trial by the court, as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.History.—s. 55, ch. 1096, 1861; RS 1121; GS 1539; RGS 2739; CGL 4411.Note.—Former s. 90.20.
FL Stat § 92.39 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.39 - Evidence of Individual’s Claim Against the State in Suits Between Them.

92.39 Evidence of individual’s claim against the state in suits between them.—In suits between the state and individuals, no claim for a credit shall be allowed upon trial, but such as shall appear to have been presented to the Chief Financial Officer for his or her examination, and by him or her disallowed in whole or in part, unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is, at the time of the trial, in possession of vouchers not before in the defendant’s power to procure, and that the defendant was prevented from exhibiting a claim for such credit at the Chief Financial Officer’s office by unavoidable accident.History.—s. 4, Feb. 10, 1837; RS 1122; GS 1540; RGS 2740; CGL 4412; s. 517, ch. 95-147; s. 108, ch. 2003-261.Note.—Former s. 90.22.
FL Stat § 92.40 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.40 - Reports of Building, Housing, or Health Code Violations; Admissibility.

92.40 Reports of building, housing, or health code violations; admissibility.—A copy of a report, notice, or citation of a violation of any building, housing, or health code by a governmental agency charged with the enforcement of such codes, certified by the agency, if otherwise material shall be admissible as evidence.History.—s. 11, ch. 73-330.
FL Stat § 92.50 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.50 - Oaths, Affidavits, and Acknowledgments; Who May Take or Administer; Requirements.

92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements.—(1) IN THIS STATE.—Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state (except oaths to jurors and witnesses in court and such other oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments as are required by law to be taken or administered by or before particular officers) may be taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record within this state, including federal courts, or by or before any United States commissioner or any notary public within this state. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of such officer or person taking or administering the same; however, when taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of record, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such officer or person.(2) IN OTHER STATES, TERRITORIES, AND DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES.—Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state, may be taken or administered in any other state, territory, or district of the United States, by or before any judge, clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record, within such state, territory, or district, having a seal, or by or before any notary public or justice of the peace, having a seal, in such state, territory, or district; provided, however, such officer or person is authorized under the laws of such state, territory, or district to take or administer oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of such officer or person taking or administering the same; provided, however, when taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of record, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such officer or person.(3) IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments, required or authorized by the laws of this state, may be taken or administered in any foreign country, by or before any judge or justice of a court of last resort, any notary public of such foreign country, any minister, consul general, charge d’affaires, or consul of the United States resident in such country. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of the officer or person taking or administering the same; provided, however, when taken or administered by or before any judge or justice of a court of last resort, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such judge or justice.History.—s. 1, ch. 48, 1845; RS 1299; GS 1730; RGS 2945; CGL 4669; s. 1, ch. 23156, 1945; s. 7, ch. 24337, 1947; s. 15, ch. 73-334; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 19, ch. 2019-71.Note.—Former s. 90.01.
FL Stat § 92.51 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.51 - Oaths, Affidavits, and Acknowledgments; Taken or Administered by Commissioned Officer of United States Armed Forces.

92.51 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; taken or administered by commissioned officer of United States Armed Forces.—(1) Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized by the laws of this state may be taken or administered within or without the United States by or before any commissioned officer in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps or ensign or higher in the Navy or Coast Guard when the person required or authorized to make and execute the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the spouse of such member or a person whose duties require the person’s presence with the Armed Forces of the United States.(2) A certificate endorsed upon the instrument which shows the date of the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment and which states in substance that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as the person’s act or made or signed the instrument under oath shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment.(3) If the signature, rank, and branch of service or subdivision thereof of any commissioned officer appears upon such instrument, document or certificate no further proof of the authority of such officer so to act shall be required and such action by such commissioned officer shall be prima facie evidence that the person making such oath, affidavit or acknowledgment is within the purview of this act.History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 61-196; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 518, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 90.011.
FL Stat § 92.52 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.52 - Affirmation Equivalent to Oath.

92.52 Affirmation equivalent to oath.—Whenever an oath shall be required by any law of this state in any proceeding, an affirmation may be substituted therefor.History.—RS 1300; GS 1731; RGS 2946; CGL 4670; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.Note.—Former s. 90.02.
FL Stat § 92.525 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.525 - Verification of Documents; Perjury by False Written Declaration, Penalty.

92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty.—(1) If authorized or required by law, by rule of an administrative agency, or by rule or order of court that a document be verified by a person, the verification may be accomplished in the following manner:(a) Under oath or affirmation taken or administered before an officer authorized under s. 92.50 to administer oaths;(b) Under oath or affirmation taken or administered by an officer authorized under s. 117.10 to administer oaths; or(c) By the signing of the written declaration prescribed in subsection (2).(2) A written declaration means the following statement: “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing [document] and that the facts stated in it are true,” followed by the signature of the person making the declaration, except when a verification on information or belief is permitted by law, in which case the words “to the best of my knowledge and belief” may be added. The written declaration shall be printed or typed at the end of or immediately below the document being verified and above the signature of the person making the declaration.(3) A person who knowingly makes a false declaration under subsection (2) is guilty of the crime of perjury by false written declaration, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.(4) As used in this section:(a) The term “administrative agency” means any department or agency of the state or any county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision.(b) The term “document” means any writing including, without limitation, any form, application, claim, notice, tax return, inventory, affidavit, pleading, or paper.(c) The requirement that a document be verified means that the document must be signed or executed by a person and that the person must state under oath or affirm that the facts or matters stated or recited in the document are true, or words of that import or effect.History.—s. 12, ch. 86-201; s. 1, ch. 2015-23.
FL Stat § 92.54 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.54 - Use of Closed-Circuit Television in Proceedings Involving a Victim or Witness Under the Age of 18 or Who Has an Intellectual Disability.

92.54 Use of closed-circuit television in proceedings involving a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability.—(1) Upon motion and hearing in camera and upon a finding that there is a substantial likelihood that a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability will suffer at least moderate emotional or mental harm due to the presence of the defendant if such victim or witness is required to testify in open court, or is unavailable as defined in s. 90.804(1), the trial court may order that the testimony of the victim or witness be taken outside of the courtroom and shown by means of closed-circuit television.(2) The motion may be filed by the victim or witness; the attorney, parent, legal guardian, or guardian ad litem of the victim or witness; the prosecutor; the defendant or the defendant’s counsel; or the trial judge on his or her own motion.(3) Only the judge, the prosecutor, the defendant, the attorney for the defendant, the operators of the videotape equipment, an interpreter, and some other person who, in the opinion of the court, contributes to the well-being of the child or the person who has an intellectual disability and who will not be a witness in the case may be in the room during the recording of the testimony.(4) During the victim’s or witness’s testimony by closed-circuit television, the court may require the defendant to view the testimony from the courtroom. In such a case, the court shall permit the defendant to observe and hear the testimony of the victim or witness, but must ensure that the victim or witness cannot hear or see the defendant. The defendant’s right to assistance of counsel, which includes the right to immediate and direct communication with counsel conducting cross-examination, must be protected and, upon the defendant’s request, such communication must be provided by any appropriate electronic method.(5) The court shall make specific findings of fact, on the record, as to the basis for its ruling under this section.History.—s. 6, ch. 85-53; s. 12, ch. 87-224; s. 2, ch. 93-131; s. 22, ch. 94-154; s. 1380, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2013-162; s. 2, ch. 2016-199.
FL Stat § 92.561 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.561 - Prohibition on Reproduction of Child Pornography.

92.561 Prohibition on reproduction of child pornography.—(1) In a criminal proceeding, any property or material that portrays sexual performance by a child as defined in s. 827.071, or constitutes child pornography as defined in s. 847.001, must remain secured or locked in the care, custody, and control of a law enforcement agency, the state attorney, or the court.(2) Notwithstanding any law or rule of court, a court shall deny, in a criminal proceeding, any request by the defendant to copy, photograph, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce any property or material that portrays sexual performance by a child or constitutes child pornography so long as the state attorney makes the property or material reasonably available to the defendant.(3) For purposes of this section, property or material is deemed to be reasonably available to the defendant if the state attorney provides ample opportunity at a designated facility for the inspection, viewing, and examination of the property or material that portrays sexual performance by a child or constitutes child pornography by the defendant, his or her attorney, or any individual whom the defendant uses as an expert during the discovery process or at a court proceeding.History.—s. 4, ch. 2011-220.
FL Stat § 92.565 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.565 - Admissibility of Confession in Sexual Abuse Cases.

92.565 Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases.—(1) As used in this section, the term “sexual abuse” means an act of a sexual nature or sexual act that may be prosecuted under any law of this state, including those offenses specifically designated in subsection (2).(2) In any criminal action in which the defendant is charged with a crime against a victim under s. 787.06(3), involving commercial sexual activity; s. 794.011; s. 794.05; s. 800.04; s. 826.04; s. 827.03, involving sexual abuse; s. 827.04, involving sexual abuse; s. 827.071; or s. 847.0135(5), or any other crime involving sexual abuse of another, or with any attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of these crimes, the defendant’s memorialized confession or admission is admissible during trial without the state having to prove a corpus delicti of the crime if the court finds in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the state is unable to show the existence of each element of the crime, and having so found, further finds that the defendant’s confession or admission is trustworthy. Factors which may be relevant in determining whether the state is unable to show the existence of each element of the crime include, but are not limited to, the fact that, at the time the crime was committed, the victim was:(a) Physically helpless, mentally incapacitated, or mentally defective, as those terms are defined in s. 794.011;(b) Physically incapacitated due to age, infirmity, or any other cause; or(c) Less than 12 years of age.(3) Before the court admits the defendant’s confession or admission, the state must prove by a preponderance of evidence that there is sufficient corroborating evidence that tends to establish the trustworthiness of the statement by the defendant. Hearsay evidence is admissible during the presentation of evidence at the hearing. In making its determination, the court may consider all relevant corroborating evidence, including the defendant’s statements.(4) The court shall make specific findings of fact, on the record, for the basis of its ruling.History.—s. 1, ch. 2000-204; s. 10, ch. 2008-172; s. 2, ch. 2017-23.