Florida Florida Statutes

§ 92.60 — Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity

FS § 92.60Ch. 92

Statute text

(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” means a written declaration made and signed in a foreign country by the custodian of a foreign record of regularly conducted business activity or another qualified person that, if falsely made, would subject the maker to criminal penalty under the laws of that country.

(c)“Business” means any business, institution, association, profession, occupation, or calling of any kind, whether or not conducted for profit.

(2)In a criminal or civil proceeding in a court of the State of Florida, a foreign record of regularly conducted business activity, or a copy of such record, shall not be excluded as evidence by the hearsay rule if a foreign certification attests that:(a) Such record was made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;

(b)Such record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity;

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Legislative history

s. 3, ch. 2003-71; s. 1, ch. 2020-43.