Section 19-19-1005 - Copies of public records to prove content

19-19-1005. Copies of public records to prove content.The proponent may use a copy to prove the content of an official record--or of a document that was recorded or filed in a public office as authorized by law--if these conditions are met: the record or document is otherwise admissible; and the copy is certified as correct in accordance with subdivision 19-19-902(4) or is testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If no such copy can be obtained by reasonable diligence, then the proponent may use other evidence to prove the content. Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 1005); SDCL §19-18-5; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.