622.28 Writing or record — when admissible — absence of record — effect. 1. Any writing or record, whether in the form of an entry in a book or otherwise, including electronic means and interpretations thereof, offered as memoranda or records ofacts, conditions, or events to prove the facts stated therein, shall be admissible as evidenceif the judge finds that they were made in the regular course of a business at or about thetime of the act, condition, or event recorded; that the sources of information from whichmade and the method and circumstances of their preparation were such as to indicatetheir trustworthiness; and that they are not excludable as evidence because of any rule ofadmissibility of evidence other than the hearsay rule. 2. Evidence of the absence of a memorandum or record from the memoranda or records of a business of an asserted act, event, or condition, shall be admissible as evidence to provethe nonoccurrence of the act or event, or the nonexistence of the condition, if the judge findsthat it was in the regular course of that business to make memoranda or records of all suchacts, events, or conditions at the time thereof or within a reasonable time thereafter, n, if the judge findsthat it was in the regular course of that business to make memoranda or records of all suchacts, events, or conditions at the time thereof or within a reasonable time thereafter, and topreserve the memoranda or records. 3. The term 'business', as used in this section, includes a business, profession, occupation, or calling of every kind. [C51, §2406; R60, §3999; C73, §3658; C97, §4623; S13, §4623; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11281, 11282; C46, 50, 54, 58, §622.28, 622.29; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.28] 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §164; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §160Referred to in §622.30 Sat Dec 23 11:19:35 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 622.28 (23, 0)
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