The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE

Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE

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F.S. 90.955

90.955 Public records.—

(1) The contents of an official record or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed, and actually recorded or filed, with a governmental agency, either federal, state, county, or municipal, in a place where official records or documents are ordinarily filed, including data compilations in any form, may be proved by a copy authenticated as provided in s. 90.902, if otherwise admissible.

(2) If a party cannot obtain, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, a copy that complies with subsection (1), other evidence of the contents is admissible.

History.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.

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Amendments to 90.955

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 90.955

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 90.955.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BLACK POINT ASSETS, INC. v. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FANNIE MAE a, 220 So. 3d 566 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 90.955, Fla. Stat. (2014); see also §§ 695.01, 695.11, Fla. . . .

DOLAN, v. STATE, 187 So. 3d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See § 90.955, Fla. Stat. (2014) (relating to the admission of public records). . . .

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. W. DARRAGH,, 95 So. 3d 897 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . 90.803(8), provided they are authenticated, section 90.901, by a custodian, sections 90.902(4) and 90.955 . . .

H. KELLEY, v. SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 377 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2004)

. . . Evid. 90.955, "Public Records.” . . . .

JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,, 486 So. 2d 1350 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . .-902(4) and 90.955. . . .

MARTINEZ, v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 621 F.2d 184 (5th Cir. 1980)

. . . . § 90.955 (1979); State v. Crawford, 257 So.2d 898, 900-01 (Fla.1972). . . .