For the purposes of Sections 19-5-310 and 19-5-320 any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such officer or employee of the United States as is described in said sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or employee pursuant to law, and the person signing the same shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of his 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 his authority so to certify.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-133; 1952 Code Section 26-133; 1945 (44) 150.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 5 - Public Documents, Records And Books
Section 19-5-10. Admissibility of certified copies or certified photostatic copies of documents.
Section 19-5-20. Notice required under Section 19-5-10.
Section 19-5-30. Admissibility of photostatic or certified copies of certain motor vehicle records.
Section 19-5-50. Evidence of appointment of executors or administrators.
Section 19-5-70. Applicability of foregoing section when fraud is alleged.
Section 19-5-210. Admissibility of certified copies of grants issued by North Carolina.
Section 19-5-220. Proof of various instruments.
Section 19-5-230. Foreign evidences of debt shall be admissible only on basis of reciprocity.
Section 19-5-310. Effect of finding of presumed death under Federal Missing Persons Act.
Section 19-5-330. Signature of reports or copies shall prima facie be deemed authorized.
Section 19-5-510. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.
Section 19-5-520. Certified business records.
Section 19-5-610. Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.