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KENTUCKY
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
RULE CR 44 PROOF OF
OFFICIAL RECORD
CR 44.01
AUTHENTICATION OF COPY
An official record
or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be
evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a copy attested
by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by his
deputy if the record is in the custody of an officer of this state,
and if the record is in the custody of an officer outside this state
such attested copy shall be accompanied with a certificate that such
officer has the custody. If the office in which the record is kept
is within the United States or within a territory or insular
possession subject to the dominion of the United States, the
certificate may be made by a judge of a court of record of the
district or political subdivision in which the record is kept,
authenticated by the seal of the court, or may be made by any public
officer having a seal of office and having official duties in the
district or political subdivision in which the record is kept,
authenticated by the seal of his office. If the office in which the
record is kept is in a foreign state or country, the certificate may
be made by a secretary of embassy or legation, consul general,
consul, vice consul, or consular agent or by any officer in the
foreign service of the United States stationed in the foreign state
or country in which the record is kept, and authenticated by the
seal of his office.
[Amended eff.
4-1-63; adopted eff. 7-1-53]
CR 44.02 PROOF OF
LACK OF RECORD
A written statement
signed by an officer having the custody of an official record or by
his deputy that after diligent search no record or entry of a
specified tenor is found to exist in the records of his office,
accompanied by a certificate as provided in Rule 44.01, is
admissable as evidence that the records of his office contain no
such record or entry.
[Adopted eff.
7-1-53]
CR 44.03 OTHER
PROOF
Rule 44 does not
prevent the proof of official records or of entry or lack of entry
therein by any other method authorized by law.
[Amended eff.
7-1-69; adopted eff. 7-1-53]
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