(1) A document bearing:
(a) A seal purporting to be that of the United States or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession thereof; the Panama Canal Zone; the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; or a court, political subdivision, department, officer, or agency of any of them; and
(b) A signature by the custodian of the document attesting to the authenticity of the seal.
(2) A document not bearing a seal but purporting to bear a signature of an officer or employee of any entity listed in subsection (1), affixed in the officer’s or employee’s official capacity.
(3) An official foreign document, record, or entry that is:
(a) Executed or attested to by a person in the person’s official capacity authorized by the laws of a foreign country to make the execution or attestation; and
(b) Accompanied by a final certification, as provided herein, of the genuineness of the signature and official position of:
1. The executing person; or
2. Any foreign official whose certificate of genuineness of signature and official position relates to the execution or attestation or is in a chain of certificates of genuineness of signature and official position relating to the execution or attestation.
The final certification may be made by a secretary of an embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States or a diplomatic or consular official of the foreign country assigned or accredited to the United States. When the parties receive reasonable opportunity to investigate the authenticity and accuracy of official foreign documents, the court may order that they be treated as presumptively authentic without final certification or permit them in evidence by an attested summary with or without final certification.
(4) A copy of an official public record, report, or entry, or of a document authorized by law to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed in a public office, including data compilations in any form, certified as correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification by certificate complying with subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3) or complying with any act of the Legislature or rule adopted by the Supreme Court.
(5) Books, pamphlets, or other publications purporting to be issued by a governmental authority.
(6) Printed materials purporting to be newspapers or periodicals.
(7) Inscriptions, signs, tags, or labels purporting to have been affixed in the course of business and indicating ownership, control, or origin.
(8) Commercial papers and signatures thereon and documents relating to them, to the extent provided in the Uniform Commercial Code.
(9) Any signature, document, or other matter declared by the Legislature to be presumptively or prima facie genuine or authentic.
(10) Any document properly certified under the law of the jurisdiction where the certification is made.
(11) An original or a duplicate of evidence that would be admissible under s. 90.803(6), which is maintained in a foreign country or domestic location and is accompanied by a certification or declaration from the custodian of the records or another qualified person certifying or declaring that the record:
(a) Was made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth by, or from information transmitted by, a person having knowledge of those matters;
(b) Was kept in the course of the regularly conducted activity; and
(c) Was made as a regular practice in the course of the regularly conducted activity,
provided that falsely making such a certification or declaration would subject the maker to criminal penalty under the laws of the foreign or domestic location in which the certification or declaration was signed.
(12) A legal notice published in accordance with the requirements of chapter 50 in the print edition of a qualified newspaper or on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311.
History.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 501, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2003-259; s. 8, ch. 2021-17; s. 11, ch. 2022-103.
Structure Florida Statutes
90.103 - Scope; Applicability.
90.105 - Preliminary Questions.
90.106 - Summing Up and Comment by Judge.
90.107 - Limited Admissibility.
90.108 - Introduction of Related Writings or Recorded Statements.
90.201 - Matters Which Must Be Judicially Noticed.
90.202 - Matters Which May Be Judicially Noticed.
90.203 - Compulsory Judicial Notice Upon Request.
90.204 - Determination of Propriety of Judicial Notice and Nature of Matter Noticed.
90.205 - Denial of a Request for Judicial Notice.
90.206 - Instructing Jury on Judicial Notice.
90.207 - Judicial Notice by Trial Court in Subsequent Proceedings.
90.301 - Presumption Defined; Inferences.
90.302 - Classification of Rebuttable Presumptions.
90.303 - Presumption Affecting the Burden of Producing Evidence Defined.
90.304 - Presumption Affecting the Burden of Proof Defined.
90.401 - Definition of Relevant Evidence.
90.402 - Admissibility of Relevant Evidence.
90.4025 - Admissibility of Paternity Determination in Certain Criminal Prosecutions.
90.4026 - Statements Expressing Sympathy; Admissibility; Definitions.
90.403 - Exclusion on Grounds of Prejudice or Confusion.
90.404 - Character Evidence; When Admissible.
90.405 - Methods of Proving Character.
90.407 - Subsequent Remedial Measures.
90.408 - Compromise and Offers to Compromise.
90.409 - Payment of Medical and Similar Expenses.
90.410 - Offer to Plead Guilty; Nolo Contendere; Withdrawn Pleas of Guilty.
90.501 - Privileges Recognized Only as Provided.
90.5015 - Journalist’s Privilege.
90.502 - Lawyer-Client Privilege.
90.5021 - Fiduciary Lawyer-Client Privilege.
90.503 - Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege.
90.5035 - Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege.
90.5036 - Domestic Violence Advocate-Victim Privilege.
90.5037 - Human Trafficking Victim Advocate-Victim Privilege.
90.504 - Husband-Wife Privilege.
90.505 - Privilege With Respect to Communications to Clergy.
90.5055 - Accountant-Client Privilege.
90.506 - Privilege With Respect to Trade Secrets.
90.507 - Waiver of Privilege by Voluntary Disclosure.
90.508 - Privileged Matter Disclosed Under Compulsion or Without Opportunity to Claim Privilege.
90.509 - Application of Privileged Communication.
90.510 - Privileged Communication Necessary to Adverse Party.
90.601 - General Rule of Competency.
90.603 - Disqualification of Witness.
90.604 - Lack of Personal Knowledge.
90.605 - Oath or Affirmation of Witness.
90.606 - Interpreters and Translators.
90.6063 - Interpreter Services for Deaf Persons.
90.607 - Competency of Certain Persons as Witnesses.
90.609 - Character of Witness as Impeachment.
90.610 - Conviction of Certain Crimes as Impeachment.
90.611 - Religious Beliefs or Opinions.
90.612 - Mode and Order of Interrogation and Presentation.
90.613 - Refreshing the Memory of a Witness.
90.614 - Prior Statements of Witnesses.
90.615 - Calling Witnesses by the Court.
90.616 - Exclusion of Witnesses.
90.701 - Opinion Testimony of Lay Witnesses.
90.702 - Testimony by Experts.
90.703 - Opinion on Ultimate Issue.
90.704 - Basis of Opinion Testimony by Experts.
90.705 - Disclosure of Facts or Data Underlying Expert Opinion.
90.706 - Authoritativeness of Literature for Use in Cross-Examination.
90.801 - Hearsay; Definitions; Exceptions.
90.803 - Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial.
90.804 - Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable.
90.805 - Hearsay Within Hearsay.
90.806 - Attacking and Supporting Credibility of Declarant.
90.901 - Requirement of Authentication or Identification.
90.903 - Testimony of Subscribing Witness Unnecessary.
90.952 - Requirement of Originals.
90.953 - Admissibility of Duplicates.
90.954 - Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents.