RCW 5.44.040
Certified copies of public records as evidence.
Copies of all records and documents on record or on file in the offices of the various departments of the United States and of this state or any other state or territory of the United States or any federally recognized Indian tribe, when duly certified by the respective officers having by law the custody thereof, under their respective seals where such officers have official seals, must be admitted in evidence in the courts of this state.
[ 2019 c 39 § 2; 1991 c 59 § 1; 1891 c 19 § 16; Code 1881 § 432; 1854 p 195 § 336; RRS § 1257.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. ER 803; CR 44(a)(1).
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.
5.44.010 - Court records and proceedings—When admissible.
5.44.020 - Foreign judgments for debt—Faith to be accorded.
5.44.030 - Defenses available in suit on foreign judgment.
5.44.040 - Certified copies of public records as evidence.
5.44.050 - Foreign statutes as evidence.
5.44.060 - Certified copies of recorded instruments as evidence.
5.44.070 - Certified copies of instruments, or transcripts of county commissioners' proceedings.
5.44.080 - City or town ordinances as evidence.
5.44.090 - Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence.
5.44.140 - Proceedings for determination of family relationships—Presumption.
5.44.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.