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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 79A (2026)

Certified copies of public and private records

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Section 79A. Copies of public records, of records described in sections five, seven and sixteen, respectively, of chapter sixty-six<\/centy>;;;MI;;0000000;<\/centr>, and of records of banks, trust companies, insurance companies and hospitals, whether or not such records or copies are made by the photographic or microphotographic process, shall, when duly certified by the person in charge thereof, be admitted in evidence equally with the originals.

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Cited in 4 cases, 2012–2017 · leading case: Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Gabriel, 965 N.E.2d 875 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012).
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Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Gabriel, 965 N.E.2d 875 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “10 - 11 In 1941, apparently reflecting a recognition of both the development and reliability of mechanical forms of document reproduction, the Legislature enacted G. L. c. 233, § 79A, which provides in relevant part: “Copies of public records, .”
Commonwealth v. Perez, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 51 (Mass. App. Ct. 2016). “233, § 77A (applicable to certain bank statements of account); G. L. c. 233, § 79A (applicable to copies of bank records in a similar fashion as § 77).”
Commonwealth v. Driscoll, 76 N.E.3d 1029 (Mass. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “" 7 However, we agree with the Commonwealth that Tucker's testimony served to authenticate the copy of the coverage selections page that was admitted at trial as exhibit 2 in satisfaction of G. L. c. 233, § 79A,5 that Tucker qualified as a keeper of the records, and that his…”
Valle v. Jocelyn, 2014 Mass. App. Div. 178 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2014). “36, §17 and G.L.c. 233, §79A. Mass. G. Evid. §902 (d) (2014).”
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