A judicial record of this state, including the filed certified shorthand notes of the official
court reporter as transcribed or a court of the United States may be proved by the production
of the original, or a copy of it certified by the clerk or person having the legal custody of it,
authenticated by the custodian’s seal of office, if there is a seal. That of another state may
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Tue Dec 09 21:59:22 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 622 (63, 3)
§622.53, EVIDENCE 14\n\nbe proved by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there is a seal,
together with a certificate of a judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the attestation
is in due form of law.
[C51, §2438; R60, §4058; C73, §3713; C97, §4645; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11306; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.53]
83 Acts, ch 37, §4
Referred to in §252D.20, 622.52
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1952–2023 · leading case:
State v. Sanborn, 564 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1997).
State v. Sanborn, 564 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 622.53 . 2 . The rule provides an exception for records, reports, statements, or data compilations in any form of a public office or agency setting forth its regularly conducted and regularly recorded activities, or matters observed pursuant to a duly imposed by law…”
State v. Bolds, 55 N.W.2d 534 (Iowa 1952).
· cites it 2× “211 , and Code section 622.53. It is not difficult to. determine the admissibility of these authenticated copies.”
Uthe v. Time-Out Fam. Amusement Centers, 475 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 2× “See generally, Iowa Code § 622.53 . Because it was not certified, the trial court properly sustained the defendant's objection to its admission on foundational grounds.”
Schaefer v. Schaefer, 66 N.W.2d 428 (Iowa 1954).
· cites it 2× “Section 622.53, 1950 (1954) Code of Iowa, sets out the manner in which judicial records of another state may be proved.”
State of Iowa v. Paul Ryan Knudsen (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 2× “902(4); see also Iowa Code § 622.53 . C. Analysis A district court has broad discretion when ruling on a motion for mistrial, and a defendant “bears the heavy burden of demonstrating a clear abuse of discretion on the part of trial court.”
John Joseph Benge v. Wayne Michael Lautenbach (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “53, which provides, “[Judgments] of another state may be proved by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there is a seal, together with a certificate of a judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the attestation is in due form of law.”…”
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