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Chapter 1 - JUDICIAL KNOWLEDGE
Section 9-101 - FACTS JUDICIALLY NOTICED. - 9-101. FACTS JUDICIALLY NOTICED. Courts take judicial notice of the...
Section 9-102 - QUESTIONS OF LAW ADDRESSED TO COURT. - 9-102. QUESTIONS OF LAW ADDRESSED TO COURT. All questions of...
Chapter 2 - WITNESSES
Section 9-201 - WHO MAY BE WITNESSES — CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES. - 9-201. WHO MAY BE WITNESSES — CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES. All...
Section 9-202 - WHO MAY NOT TESTIFY. - 9-202. WHO MAY NOT TESTIFY. The following persons cannot be...
Section 9-203 - CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. - 9-203. CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. There are particular relations in...
Section 9-203A - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH ACCOUNTANTS. - 9-203A. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH ACCOUNTANTS. 1. Any licensed public accountant,...
Section 9-204 - JUDGE OR JUROR MAY TESTIFY. - 9-204. JUDGE OR JUROR MAY TESTIFY. The judge himself, or...
Section 9-205 - INTERPRETERS. - 9-205. INTERPRETERS. In any civil or criminal action in which...
Section 9-206 - DECEASED OR ABSENT WITNESSES — TRANSCRIBED TESTIMONY ADMISSIBLE. - 9-206. DECEASED OR ABSENT WITNESSES — TRANSCRIBED TESTIMONY ADMISSIBLE. The...
Section 9-207 - ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPRESSIONS OF APOLOGY, CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY. - 9-207. ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPRESSIONS OF APOLOGY, CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY. (1)...
Chapter 3 - PUBLIC WRITINGS
Section 9-303 - STATUTES — CLASSIFICATION — PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. - 9-303. STATUTES — CLASSIFICATION — PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. Statutes are...
Section 9-304 - PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — PUBLICATIONS COVERED. - 9-304. PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — PUBLICATIONS COVERED. Printed books...
Section 9-305 - PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. - 9-305. PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. This...
Section 9-306 - PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — SHORT TITLE. - 9-306. PROOF OF STATUTES ACT — SHORT TITLE. This act...
Section 9-307 - CERTIFIED COPIES OF FOREIGN LAWS AND WRITINGS — ADMISSIBILITY. - 9-307. CERTIFIED COPIES OF FOREIGN LAWS AND WRITINGS — ADMISSIBILITY....
Section 9-308 - ORAL EVIDENCE OF COMMON LAW — REPORTS OF DECISIONS. - 9-308. ORAL EVIDENCE OF COMMON LAW — REPORTS OF DECISIONS....
Section 9-309 - RECITALS IN STATUTES — CONCLUSIVENESS. - 9-309. RECITALS IN STATUTES — CONCLUSIVENESS. The recitals in a...
Section 9-310 - JUDICIAL RECORD DEFINED. - 9-310. JUDICIAL RECORD DEFINED. A judicial record is the record...
Section 9-311 - PUBLIC WRITINGS — CLASSIFICATION. - 9-311. PUBLIC WRITINGS — CLASSIFICATION. Public writings are divided into...
Section 9-312 - AUTHENTICATION OF JUDICIAL RECORD. - 9-312. AUTHENTICATION OF JUDICIAL RECORD. A judicial record of this...
Section 9-313 - AUTHENTICATION OF JUDICIAL RECORD OF FOREIGN COUNTRY. - 9-313. AUTHENTICATION OF JUDICIAL RECORD OF FOREIGN COUNTRY. A judicial...
Section 9-314 - COMPARED COPY OF FOREIGN RECORD — ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE. - 9-314. COMPARED COPY OF FOREIGN RECORD — ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE....
Section 9-315 - PROOF OF OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. - 9-315. PROOF OF OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. Other official documents may...
Section 9-316 - OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE ACT. - 9-316. OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE ACT. Written reports or findings...
Section 9-317 - OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — NOTICE BEFORE TRIAL. - 9-317. OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — NOTICE BEFORE TRIAL. Such...
Section 9-318 - OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — CROSS-EXAMINATION. - 9-318. OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — CROSS-EXAMINATION. Any adverse party...
Section 9-319 - OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION OF ACT. - 9-319. OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION OF...
Section 9-320 - OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — SHORT TITLE OF ACT. - 9-320. OFFICIAL REPORTS AS EVIDENCE — SHORT TITLE OF ACT....
Section 9-321 - PUBLIC RECORD OF PRIVATE WRITING — HOW PROVED. - 9-321. PUBLIC RECORD OF PRIVATE WRITING — HOW PROVED. A...
Section 9-322 - ENTRIES IN PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL BOOKS — EFFECT AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. - 9-322. ENTRIES IN PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL BOOKS — EFFECT AS...
Section 9-323 - TRANSCRIPT OF DOCKET OF JUSTICE OF ANOTHER STATE — ADMISSIBILITY. - 9-323. TRANSCRIPT OF DOCKET OF JUSTICE OF ANOTHER STATE —...
Section 9-324 - PROOF OF TRANSCRIPT — CERTIFICATE OF JUSTICE AND CLERK — PROOF OF JUDGMENT BY JUSTICE IN PERSON. - 9-324. PROOF OF TRANSCRIPT — CERTIFICATE OF JUSTICE AND CLERK...
Section 9-325 - CERTIFIED COPIES OF WRITINGS. - 9-325. CERTIFIED COPIES OF WRITINGS. Whenever a copy of a...
Section 9-326 - CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE OR LOCATION OF LANDS — EFFECT AS EVIDENCE. - 9-326. CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE OR LOCATION OF LANDS — EFFECT...
Section 9-327 - ENTRIES BY OFFICERS — EFFECT AS EVIDENCE. - 9-327. ENTRIES BY OFFICERS — EFFECT AS EVIDENCE. An entry...
Section 9-328 - PHOTOGRAPHIC OR DIGITAL RETENTION OF RECORDS — DISPOSITION OF ORIGINALS. - 9-328. PHOTOGRAPHIC OR DIGITAL RETENTION OF RECORDS — DISPOSITION OF...
Section 9-333 - ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE OF COPIES OF DESTROYED RECORDS. - 9-333. ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE OF COPIES OF DESTROYED RECORDS. The...
Section 9-334 - COPIES OF RECORDS TO BE IN DUPLICATE — ONE COPY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES, THE OTHER PLACED IN FIREPROOF VAULT. - 9-334. COPIES OF RECORDS TO BE IN DUPLICATE — ONE...
Chapter 4 - PRIVATE WRITINGS
Section 9-401 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEALS. - 9-401. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEALS. A public seal in this...
Section 9-402 - HISTORICAL WORKS — BOOKS OF SCIENCE OR ART — PUBLISHED MAPS OR CHARTS — EFFECT AS EVIDENCE. - 9-402. HISTORICAL WORKS — BOOKS OF SCIENCE OR ART —...
Section 9-403 - NOTICE TO PRODUCE WRITING — PROOF UPON FAILURE TO PRODUCE — WHEN NOTICE NOT NECESSARY. - 9-403. NOTICE TO PRODUCE WRITING — PROOF UPON FAILURE TO...
Section 9-404 - WRITING NEED NOT BE INTRODUCED. - 9-404. WRITING NEED NOT BE INTRODUCED. Though a writing called...
Section 9-405 - PROOF OF WRITINGS. - 9-405. PROOF OF WRITINGS. Any writing may be proved either:...
Section 9-406 - DENIAL BY SUBSCRIBING WITNESS — PROOF BY OTHER EVIDENCE. - 9-406. DENIAL BY SUBSCRIBING WITNESS — PROOF BY OTHER EVIDENCE....
Section 9-407 - EVIDENCE OF ADMISSION OF EXECUTION. - 9-407. EVIDENCE OF ADMISSION OF EXECUTION. Where, however, evidence is...
Section 9-408 - ENTRIES MADE BY DECEDENT — WHEN ADMISSIBLE. - 9-408. ENTRIES MADE BY DECEDENT — WHEN ADMISSIBLE. The entries...
Section 9-409 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PRIVATE WRITINGS. - 9-409. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PRIVATE WRITINGS. Every private writing, except last...
Section 9-410 - INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REALTY — CERTIFIED COPIES OF RECORD — ADMISSIBILITY. - 9-410. INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REALTY — CERTIFIED COPIES OF RECORD —...
Section 9-411 - SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS — WHEN ADMISSIBLE. - 9-411. SECONDARY EVIDENCE OF WRITINGS — WHEN ADMISSIBLE. There can...
Section 9-412 - EXEMPLAR. - 9-412. EXEMPLAR. Whenever the genuineness of a writing is at...
Section 9-413 - BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE ACT — TERM DEFINED. - 9-413. BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE ACT — TERM DEFINED. The...
Section 9-414 - BUSINESS RECORDS — WHEN COMPETENT EVIDENCE. - 9-414. BUSINESS RECORDS — WHEN COMPETENT EVIDENCE. A record of...
Section 9-415 - BUSINESS RECORDS — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION OF ACT. - 9-415. BUSINESS RECORDS — UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION OF ACT. This...
Section 9-416 - BUSINESS RECORDS — SHORT TITLE OF ACT. - 9-416. BUSINESS RECORDS — SHORT TITLE OF ACT. This act...
Section 9-417 - ADMISSIBILITY OF REPRODUCED RECORDS IN EVIDENCE. - 9-417. ADMISSIBILITY OF REPRODUCED RECORDS IN EVIDENCE. If any business,...
Section 9-418 - INTERPRETATION. - 9-418. INTERPRETATION. This act shall be so interpreted and construed...
Section 9-419 - SHORT TITLE. - 9-419. SHORT TITLE. This law may be cited as the...
Section 9-420 - PROOF OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL CHARTS OR RECORDS BY CERTIFIED COPY AND COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF. - 9-420. PROOF OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL CHARTS OR RECORDS BY CERTIFIED...
Section 9-421 - TAKEN OR CONVERTED MERCHANDISE — EVIDENCE. - 9-421. TAKEN OR CONVERTED MERCHANDISE — EVIDENCE. In any civil...
Chapter 5 - INDISPENSABLE EVIDENCE — STATUTE OF FRAUDS
Section 9-501 - PERJURY AND TREASON. - 9-501. PERJURY AND TREASON. Perjury and treason must be proved...
Section 9-502 - WILLS TO BE IN WRITING. - 9-502. WILLS TO BE IN WRITING. A last will and...
Section 9-503 - TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE IN WRITING. - 9-503. TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE IN WRITING. No...
Section 9-504 - EXCEPTIONS TO PRECEDING SECTION. - 9-504. EXCEPTIONS TO PRECEDING SECTION. The preceding section must not...
Section 9-505 - CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO BE IN WRITING. - 9-505. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO BE IN WRITING. In the following...
Section 9-506 - ORIGINAL OBLIGATIONS — WRITING NOT NEEDED. - 9-506. ORIGINAL OBLIGATIONS — WRITING NOT NEEDED. A promise to...
Section 9-507 - REPRESENTATIONS OF CREDIT TO BE IN WRITING. - 9-507. REPRESENTATIONS OF CREDIT TO BE IN WRITING. No evidence...
Section 9-508 - REAL ESTATE COMMISSION CONTRACTS TO BE IN WRITING. - 9-508. REAL ESTATE COMMISSION CONTRACTS TO BE IN WRITING. No...
Chapter 6 - PRODUCTION OF ALTERED WRITINGS
Section 9-601 - EXPLANATION OF ALTERATIONS. - 9-601. EXPLANATION OF ALTERATIONS. The party producing a writing as...
Chapter 7 - MEANS OF PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE
Section 9-706 - SUBPOENAS UNNECESSARY WHEN PERSON IS PRESENT. - 9-706. SUBPOENAS UNNECESSARY WHEN PERSON IS PRESENT. A person present...
Section 9-708 - DISOBEDIENCE OF SUBPOENA — PENALTY TO AGGRIEVED PARTY. - 9-708. DISOBEDIENCE OF SUBPOENA — PENALTY TO AGGRIEVED PARTY. A...
Section 9-709 - ATTACHMENT OF WITNESS. - 9-709. ATTACHMENT OF WITNESS. In case of failure of a...
Section 9-710 - WARRANT OF COMMITMENT — CONTENTS, DIRECTION AND EXECUTION. - 9-710. WARRANT OF COMMITMENT — CONTENTS, DIRECTION AND EXECUTION. Every...
Section 9-711 - PRISONERS CONFINED WITHIN STATE — EXAMINATION IN PRISON — PRODUCTION IN COURT. - 9-711. PRISONERS CONFINED WITHIN STATE — EXAMINATION IN PRISON —...
Section 9-712 - EXAMINATION OR PRODUCTION OF PRISONERS — MOTION, AFFIDAVIT, AND ORDER. - 9-712. EXAMINATION OR PRODUCTION OF PRISONERS — MOTION, AFFIDAVIT, AND...
Section 9-713 - PRISONERS — EXAMINATION IN PERSON OR BY DEPOSITION. - 9-713. PRISONERS — EXAMINATION IN PERSON OR BY DEPOSITION. If...
Chapter 8 - UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT
Section 9-801 - SHORT TITLE. - 9-801. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the...
Section 9-802 - DEFINITIONS. - 9-802. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Mediation" means a process...
Section 9-803 - SCOPE. - 9-803. SCOPE. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2)...
Section 9-804 - PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE — ADMISSIBILITY — DISCOVERY. - 9-804. PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE — ADMISSIBILITY — DISCOVERY. (1) Except...
Section 9-805 - WAIVER AND PRECLUSION OF PRIVILEGE. - 9-805. WAIVER AND PRECLUSION OF PRIVILEGE. (1) A privilege under...
Section 9-806 - EXCEPTIONS TO PRIVILEGE. - 9-806. EXCEPTIONS TO PRIVILEGE. (1) There is no privilege under...
Section 9-807 - PROHIBITED MEDIATOR REPORTS. - 9-807. PROHIBITED MEDIATOR REPORTS. (1) Except as otherwise provided in...
Section 9-808 - CONFIDENTIALITY. - 9-808. CONFIDENTIALITY. Unless subject to chapter 1 or 2, title...
Section 9-809 - MEDIATOR’S DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — BACKGROUND. - 9-809. MEDIATOR’S DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — BACKGROUND. (1)...
Section 9-810 - PARTICIPATION IN MEDIATION. - 9-810. PARTICIPATION IN MEDIATION. Unless otherwise provided by court rule...
Section 9-811 - INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL MEDIATION. - 9-811. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL MEDIATION. (1) In this section, "model law"...
Section 9-812 - RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT. - 9-812. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE...
Section 9-813 - UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. - 9-813. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. In applying and construing...
Section 9-814 - APPLICATION TO EXISTING AGREEMENTS OR REFERRALS. - 9-814. APPLICATION TO EXISTING AGREEMENTS OR REFERRALS. This chapter governs...
Chapter 13 - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WITNESSES
Section 9-1301 - ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. - 9-1301. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. A witness, served with a subpoena,...
Section 9-1302 - PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSES — QUESTIONS REQUIRED TO BE ANSWERED. - 9-1302. PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSES — QUESTIONS REQUIRED TO BE ANSWERED....
Section 9-1303 - PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST. - 9-1303. PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST. Every person who has been, in...
Section 9-1304 - ARREST IN VIOLATION OF PRECEDING SECTION — CONTEMPT — CIVIL LIABILITY. - 9-1304. ARREST IN VIOLATION OF PRECEDING SECTION — CONTEMPT —...
Section 9-1305 - LIABILITY OF OFFICER MAKING ARREST. - 9-1305. LIABILITY OF OFFICER MAKING ARREST. An officer is not...
Section 9-1306 - DISCHARGE FROM ARREST — WHO MAY GRANT. - 9-1306. DISCHARGE FROM ARREST — WHO MAY GRANT. The court...
Chapter 14 - ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS
Section 9-1401 - WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS. - 9-1401. WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS. Every court, every judge or...
Section 9-1402 - FORM OF OATH. - 9-1402. FORM OF OATH. An oath or affirmation in an...
Section 9-1403 - PECULIAR FORMS OF OATHS. - 9-1403. PECULIAR FORMS OF OATHS. Whenever the court before which...
Section 9-1404 - PECULIAR FORMS OF OATH — RELIGIONS OTHER THAN CHRISTIAN. - 9-1404. PECULIAR FORMS OF OATH — RELIGIONS OTHER THAN CHRISTIAN....
Section 9-1405 - AFFIRMATION IN PLACE OF OATH. - 9-1405. AFFIRMATION IN PLACE OF OATH. Any person who desires...
Section 9-1406 - CERTIFICATION OR DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY. - 9-1406. CERTIFICATION OR DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY. (1) Whenever,...
Chapter 15 - TENDER AND RECEIPT
Section 9-1501 - WRITTEN OFFER EQUIVALENT TO TENDER. - 9-1501. WRITTEN OFFER EQUIVALENT TO TENDER. An offer in writing...
Section 9-1502 - DEBTOR MAY DEMAND RECEIPT. - 9-1502. DEBTOR MAY DEMAND RECEIPT. Whoever pays money, or delivers...
Chapter 16 - FEES AND MILEAGE OF WITNESSES
Section 9-1601 - WITNESSES’ FEES IN DISTRICT COURT. - 9-1601. WITNESSES’ FEES IN DISTRICT COURT. Witnesses in civil actions...
Section 9-1603 - INTERPRETERS’ FEES. - 9-1603. INTERPRETERS’ FEES. The interpreters are entitled to receive such...
Section 9-1604 - ATTORNEYS NOT ENTITLED TO WITNESS’ FEES. - 9-1604. ATTORNEYS NOT ENTITLED TO WITNESS’ FEES. No counselor or...
Section 9-1605 - STATE NEED NOT PREPAY FEES. - 9-1605. STATE NEED NOT PREPAY FEES. The attorney-general or any...
Chapter 17 - PROOF OF FACTS CONTAINED IN PUBLIC RECORDS
Section 9-1701 - LICENSURE OR NONLICENSURE. - 9-1701. LICENSURE OR NONLICENSURE. (1) The existence or nonexistence of...
Section 9-1702 - PROOF OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG STATUS. - 9-1702. PROOF OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG STATUS. Proof that a drug...
Chapter 18 - UNIFORM CHILD WITNESS TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE METHODS ACT
Section 9-1801 - SHORT TITLE. - 9-1801. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the...
Section 9-1802 - DEFINITIONS. - 9-1802. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Alternative method" means a...
Section 9-1803 - APPLICABILITY. - 9-1803. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to the testimony of child...
Section 9-1804 - HEARING WHETHER TO ALLOW TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD. - 9-1804. HEARING WHETHER TO ALLOW TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD. (1)...
Section 9-1805 - STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CHILD WITNESS’ TESTIMONY MAY BE PRESENTED BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD. - 9-1805. STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CHILD WITNESS’ TESTIMONY MAY BE...
Section 9-1806 - FACTORS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE METHOD. - 9-1806. FACTORS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE METHOD. If...
Section 9-1807 - ORDER REGARDING TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD. - 9-1807. ORDER REGARDING TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD. (1) An order...
Section 9-1808 - RIGHT OF PARTIES TO EXAMINE CHILD WITNESS. - 9-1808. RIGHT OF PARTIES TO EXAMINE CHILD WITNESS. An alternative...