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Wis. Stat. § 910.05 (2026)

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910.05910.05 Public records. The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with s. 909.02 or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If a copy which complies with the foregoing cannot be obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, then other evidence of the contents may be given.

910.05 HistoryHistory: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R361 (1973).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–2002 · leading case: State v. Saunders, 2002 WI 107 (Wis. 2002).

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State v. Saunders, 2002 WI 107 (Wis. 2002). · cites it 10× “In that event, we would need to address this court's rules regarding the use of public records at trial, as spelled out in Wis. Stat. § 910.05 . [17] Inasmuch as prior judgments of conviction are public records, copies of these judgments must conform to the public records…”

State v. Leis, 397 N.W.2d 498 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “, provides that the “contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form” may be proved by certifying that the document is correct, in accordance with sec. 909.02., Stats.…”

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