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Florida Statutes, Title VII

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Title VII, Evidence

2 chapters · 139 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title VII139 Ch 90, Evidence Code88 Ch 92, Witnesses, Records, and Documents51

51 sections·Filtered byTitle VII✕Ch 92✕

Fla. Stat. § 92.05 Final judgments and decrees of courts of record
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All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter rendered and entered in courts of record of this state, and certified copies thereof, shall be admissible as prima facie evidence in the several courts of this state of the entry and validity of such judgments and decrees. F…
Fla. Stat. § 92.06 Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts
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All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter to be rendered and entered in the United States District Courts of this state and certified copies thereof are declared to be admissible as prima facie evidence in the several courts of this state of the entry and validity o…
Fla. Stat. § 92.07 Judgments and decrees of this state
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The recitals in all judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court and of the several circuit courts of this state, when such judgment or decree appears regular and has been recorded as provided by law for more than 20 years, shall be admissible in evidence as prima facie proof of th…
Fla. Stat. § 92.08 Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more
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The recitals in any deed of conveyance or power of attorney shall be admissible in evidence when offered in evidence by either party to any suit at law or in equity as prima facie proof of the truth of the facts therein recited, provided such deed of conveyance or power of attorn…

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Fla. Stat. § 92.09 Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed

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No copy of a judgment or decree shall be admitted in evidence as aforesaid when it shall be made to appear that such decree has been reversed, annulled, vacated, or set aside, or that the same in collateral proceedings has been successfully attacked. No deed shall be admitted in …

Fla. Stat. § 92.13 Certified copies of records of certified copies

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Certified copies of the record of certified copies of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments referred to in s. 695.19 shall have the same effect as to notice and all other purposes whatsoever as the record of the original has or can have; and certified copies …

Fla. Stat. § 92.14 United States deeds and patents and copies thereof

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Deeds and patents issued by the United States Government and photographic copies made by authority of said government from its records thereof in the General Land Office, embracing lands in this state, and certified copies of the record thereof made in this state may be used in e…

Fla. Stat. § 92.141 Law enforcement employees; travel expenses; compensation as witness

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Any employee of a law enforcement agency of a municipality or county or the state who appears as an official witness to testify at any hearing or law action in any court of this state as a direct result of his or her employment in the law enforcement agency is entitled to per die…

Fla. Stat. § 92.142 Witnesses; pay

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(1) Witnesses in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts, now or hereafter created, and witnesses summoned before any arbitrator or general or special magistrate appointed by the court shall receive for each day’s actual attendance $5 and also 6 cents per mile for actual dis…

Fla. Stat. § 92.143 Compensation to traffic court witnesses

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Any party who secures the attendance of a witness in traffic court shall bear all costs of calling the witness, including witness fees. If the witness is required to testify on behalf of the prosecution, the office of the state attorney of the respective judicial circuit shall pa…

Fla. Stat. § 92.151 Witness compensation; payment; overcharges

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Compensation shall be paid to the witness by the party in whose behalf the witness is summoned, and the prevailing party may tax the same as costs against the prevailing party’s adversary; but no person shall be compelled to attend court as a witness in any civil cause unless the…

Fla. Stat. § 92.153 Production of documents by witnesses; reimbursement of costs

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:(a) “Disinterested witness” means a person to whom a summons is issued with respect to documents involving or relating to transactions of others and who has not initiated a proceeding, is not a party to a proceeding, and is not the subject…

Fla. Stat. § 92.16 Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands

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A certificate of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund under its official seal, with respect to the present or past ownership by the state or by the school, seminary or internal improvement funds of any lands in this state, or of the conveyance or transfer …

Fla. Stat. § 92.17 Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund

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The impression of the seal of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund upon any deed, agreement or contract, purporting to have been made by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, or by the members of the State Board of Education, shall …

Fla. Stat. § 92.18 Certificate of state officer

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The certificate of any state officer, under seal of office, as to any official act occurring in the course of the official business of the office in which the state officer presides, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact.History.—s. 1, ch. 3250, 1881; RS 1113; GS 1525; RGS 2…

Fla. Stat. § 92.19 Portions of records

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In all cases where any certified copy of any record, pleading, document, deed, conveyance, paper or instrument in writing, involving the title to real estate shall be lawfully admissible in evidence in any of the courts of this state, a certified copy of such portions of such ins…

Fla. Stat. § 92.20 Certificates issued under authority of Congress

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Every certificate issued under authority of the Congress and every duly certified copy thereof under the seal of the United States governmental department having the authority to issue such certified copy, relating to the grade, classification, quality or condition of agricultura…

Fla. Stat. § 92.21 Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings

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Every owner, agent, or lessee of any building or buildings used for the purpose of providing board and lodgings for the entertainment of guests, containing 10 rooms or more, who shall have obtained and posted a certificate as provided by law, may present the same as evidence in t…

Fla. Stat. § 92.23 Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building

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In all suits or proceedings brought upon policies of insurance on buildings against loss or damage by fire, hereafter issued or renewed, the insurer shall not be permitted to deny that the property insured was worth, at the time of insuring it by the policy, the full sum insured …

Fla. Stat. § 92.231 Expert witnesses; fee

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(1) The term “expert witness” as used herein shall apply to any witness who offers himself or herself in the trial of any action as an expert witness or who is subpoenaed to testify in such capacity before a state attorney in the investigation of a criminal matter, or before a gr…

Fla. Stat. § 92.233 Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases

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A witness subpoenaed in two or more criminal cases pending at the same time shall be paid one charge for per diem and mileage, but when the costs are taxed against the defendant, a witness may charge the full amount in each case.History.—s. 4, ch. 159, 1848; RS 2865; s. 1, ch. 51…

Fla. Stat. § 92.24 Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title

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All tax deeds issued under and pursuant to the provisions and in the form prescribed in and by the following acts and statutes of this state, to wit: s. 10, chapter 4888, Acts, 1901 and said section as amended by s. 1, chapter 5152, Acts, 1903; s. 577 of the General Statutes of F…

Fla. Stat. § 92.25 Records destroyed by fire; use of abstracts

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Whenever in the trial of any suit, or in any proceeding in any court of this state, it shall be made to appear that the original of any deed or other instrument of writing, or of any record of any court relating to any land, the title thereof or any interest therein being in cont…

Fla. Stat. § 92.251 Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act

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(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Foreign jurisdiction” means a state other than this state.(b) “Foreign subpoena” means a subpoena issued under authority of…

Fla. Stat. § 92.26 Records destroyed by fire; use of sworn copies

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A sworn copy of any writing admissible under s. 92.25 made by the person or persons having possession of such writing shall be admissible in evidence; provided, the party desiring to use such sworn copy, as aforesaid, shall have given the opposite party a reasonable opportunity t…

Fla. Stat. § 92.27 Records destroyed by fire; effect of abstracts in evidence

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In all cases in which any destroyed abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps or plats, or copies thereof, purchased and placed in the clerk’s office, as provided by law, or which are made admissible in evidence under any of the provisions of this revision, whether purchased or …

Fla. Stat. § 92.28 Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence

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In all suits or proceedings concerning any land, or any estate, interest or right in, or any lien or encumbrance upon the same, when it shall be made to appear that the original of any deed, conveyance, map, plat or other written or record evidence has been lost or destroyed, or …

Fla. Stat. § 92.29 Photographic or electronic copies

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Photographic reproductions or reproductions through electronic record-keeping systems made by any federal, state, county, or municipal governmental board, department or agency, in the regular course of business, of any original record, document, paper or instrument in writing or …

Fla. Stat. § 92.295 Copies of voter registration records

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Any reproduction of an original voter registration record stored pursuant to s. 98.461, whether microfilmed or maintained digitally or on electronic, magnetic, or optic media, which reproduction is certified by the supervisor of elections who is the custodian of the record, is ad…

Fla. Stat. § 92.30 Presumption of death; official findings

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A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such findings, pursuant to the 1Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and Pub. L. No. 408, Ch. 371, 2…

Fla. Stat. § 92.31 Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries; official reports

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An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States autho…

Fla. Stat. § 92.32 Official findings and reports; presumption of authority to issue or execute

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For the purposes of this law, any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described above, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or…

Fla. Stat. § 92.33 Written statement concerning injury to person or property; furnishing copies; admission as evidence

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Every person who shall take a written statement by any injured person with respect to any accident or with respect to any injury to person or property shall, at the time of taking such statement, furnish to the person making such statement a true and complete copy thereof. Any pe…

Fla. Stat. § 92.351 Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court; prisoner mailings to courts

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(1) No prisoner as defined by s. 57.085 who is a party to a judicial proceeding may submit evidence or any other item that is not in paper document form to a court or clerk of court without first obtaining authorization from the court. This prohibition includes, but is not limite…

Fla. Stat. § 92.38 Comparison of disputed writings

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Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by the witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the jury, or to the court in case of …

Fla. Stat. § 92.39 Evidence of individual’s claim against the state in suits between them

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In suits between the state and individuals, no claim for a credit shall be allowed upon trial, but such as shall appear to have been presented to the Chief Financial Officer for his or her examination, and by him or her disallowed in whole or in part, unless it shall be proved to…

Fla. Stat. § 92.40 Reports of building, housing, or health code violations; admissibility

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A copy of a report, notice, or citation of a violation of any building, housing, or health code by a governmental agency charged with the enforcement of such codes, certified by the agency, if otherwise material shall be admissible as evidence.History.—s. 11, ch. 73-330.

Fla. Stat. § 92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements

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(1) IN THIS STATE.—Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state (except oaths to jurors and witnesses in court and such other oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments as are required by law to be taken or administered by or before parti…

Fla. Stat. § 92.51 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; taken or administered by commissioned officer of United States Armed Forces

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(1) Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized by the laws of this state may be taken or administered within or without the United States by or before any commissioned officer in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States with the rank of second li…

Fla. Stat. § 92.52 Affirmation equivalent to oath

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Whenever an oath shall be required by any law of this state in any proceeding, an affirmation may be substituted therefor.History.—RS 1300; GS 1731; RGS 2946; CGL 4670; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.Note.—Former s. 90.02.

Fla. Stat. § 92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty

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(1) If authorized or required by law, by rule of an administrative agency, or by rule or order of court that a document be verified by a person, the verification may be accomplished in the following manner:(a) Under oath or affirmation taken or administered before an officer auth…

Fla. Stat. § 92.53 Videotaping the testimony of a victim or witness under age 18 or who has an intellectual disability

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(1) On motion and hearing in camera and a finding that there is a substantial likelihood that a victim or witness who is under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability as defined in s. 393.063 would suffer at least moderate emotional or mental harm due to the presence …

Fla. Stat. § 92.54 Use of closed-circuit television and audio-video communication technology in proceedings involving a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability

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(1) Upon motion and hearing in camera and upon a finding that there is a substantial likelihood that a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability will suffer at least moderate emotional or mental harm due to the presence of the defendant if such v…

Fla. Stat. § 92.55 Special protections in proceedings involving victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim

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(1) For purposes of this section, the term:(a) “Sexual offense victim or witness” means a person who was under the age of 18 when he or she was the victim of or a witness to a sexual offense.(b) “Sexual offense” means any offense specified in s. 775.21(4)(a)1. or s. 943.0435(1)(h…

Fla. Stat. § 92.56 Judicial proceedings and court records involving sexual offenses and human trafficking

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(1)(a) The confidential and exempt status of criminal intelligence information or criminal investigative information made confidential and exempt pursuant to s. 119.071(2)(h) must be maintained in court records pursuant to s. 119.0714(1)(h) and in court proceedings, including tes…

Fla. Stat. § 92.561 Prohibition on reproduction of child sexual abuse material

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(1) In a criminal proceeding, any property or material that portrays sexual performance by a child as defined in s. 827.071, constitutes generated child sexual abuse material as defined in s. 827.072, or constitutes child sexual abuse material as defined in s. 847.001, must remai…

Fla. Stat. § 92.565 Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases

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(1) As used in this section, the term “sexual abuse” means an act of a sexual nature or sexual act that may be prosecuted under any law of this state, including those offenses specifically designated in subsection (2).(2) In any criminal action in which the defendant is charged w…

Fla. Stat. § 92.57 Termination of employment of witness prohibited

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A person who testifies in a judicial proceeding in response to a subpoena may not be dismissed from employment because of the nature of the person’s testimony or because of absences from employment resulting from compliance with the subpoena. In any civil action arising out of a …

Fla. Stat. § 92.60 Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity

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(1) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Foreign record of regularly conducted business activity” means a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, maintained in a foreign country.(b) “Foreign certification…

Fla. Stat. § 92.605 Production of certain records by Florida businesses and out-of-state corporations

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(1) For the purposes of this section, the term:(a) “Adverse result” includes one of the following consequences to notification of the existence of a court order, a subpoena, or a search warrant:1. Danger to the life or physical safety of an individual.2. A flight from prosecution…