Ch. 232

LAWS OF MARYLAND

                                                      CHAPTER 232

(House Bill 614)

AN ACT concerning

Courts - Public Records - Admissibility

FOR the purpose of authorizing the admission into evidence of a
copy of a public record, book, paper, or proceeding of any
agency of the government of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United
States.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 10-204

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-204.

A copy of a public record, book, paper, or proceeding of any
agency OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, ANY TERRITORY OR POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, OR of
any state or of any of its political subdivisions or of an agency
of any political subdivision shall be received in evidence in any
court if certified as a true copy by the custodian of the record,
book, paper, or proceeding, and if otherwise admissible.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

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