Ill. R. Evid. 902

Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with

respect to the following:

(1) Domestic Public Documents Under Seal. A document bearing a seal purporting to be

that of the United States, or of any State, district, Commonwealth, territory, or insular

possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or

of a political subdivision, department, officer, or agency thereof, and a signature purporting to

be an attestation or execution.

(2) Domestic Public Documents Not Under Seal. A document purporting to bear the

signature in the official capacity of an officer or employee of any entity included in paragraph

(1) hereof, having no seal, if a public officer having a seal and having official duties in the

district or political subdivision of the officer or employee certifies under seal that the signer

has the official capacity and that the signature is genuine.

(3) Foreign Public Documents. A document purporting to be exe cuted or attested in an

official capacity by a person authorized by the laws of a foreign country to make the execution

or attestation, and accompanied by a final certification as to the genuineness of the signature

and official position (A) of the executi ng or attesting person, or (B) of any foreign official

whose certificate of genuineness of signature and official position relates to the execution or

attestation or is in a chain of certificates of genuineness of signature and official position

relating to the execution or attestation. A final certification may be made by a secretary of an

embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States,

or a diplomatic or consular official of the foreign country assigned or accredited to the United

States. If reasonable opportunity has been given to all parties to investigate the authenticity

and accuracy of official documents, the court may, for good cause shown, order that they be

treated as presumptively authentic without final certification or permit them to be evidenced

by an attested summary with or without final certification.

(4) Certified Copies of Public Records. A copy of an official record or report or entry

therein, or of a document authorized by law to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or

filed in a public office, including data compilations in any form, certified as correct by the

custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with

paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this rule or complying with any statute or rule prescribed by the

Supreme Court.

(5) Official Publications. Books, pamphlets, or other publications purporting to be issued

by public authority.

(6) Newspapers and Periodicals. Printed materials purport ing to be newspapers or

periodicals.

(7) Trade Inscriptions and the Like. Inscriptions, signs, tags, or labels purporting to have

been affixed in the course of business and indicating ownership, control, content, ingredients,

or origin.

(8) Acknowledge d Documents. Documents accompanied by a certificate of

acknowledgment executed in the manner provided by law by a notary public or other officer

authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

(9) Commercial Paper and Related Documents. Commercial paper, signatures thereon,

and documents relating thereto to the extent provided by general commercial law.

(10) Presumptions Under Statutes. Any signature, document, or other matter declared by

statutes to be presumptively or prima facie genuine or authentic.

(11) Certified Records of Regularly Conducted Activity. The original or a duplicate of

a record of regularly conducted activity that would be admissible under Rule 803(6) if

accompanied by a written certification of its custodian or other qualified person that the record

(A) 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 these matters;

(B) was kept in the course of the regularly conducted activity; and

(C) was made by the regularly conducted activity as a regular practice.

The word “certification” as used in this subsection means with respect to a domestic record, a

written declaration under oath subject to the penalty of perjury and, with respect to a record

maintained or located in a foreign country, a written declaration signed in a country which, if

falsely made, would subject the maker to criminal penalty under the laws of the country. A

party intending to offer a record into evidence under this paragraph must provide written notice

of that intention to all adverse parties, and must make the record and certification available for

inspection sufficiently in advance of their offer into evidence to provide an adverse party with

a fair opportunity to challenge them.

(12) Certified Records Generated by an Electronic Process or System. A record

generated by an electronic process or system that produces an accurate result, as shown by a

certification of a qualified person that complies with the procedural requirements for Rule

902(11) certification. The proponent must also meet the notice requirements of Rule 902(11).

(13) Certified Data Copied from an Electronic Device, Storage Medium, or File. Data

copied from an electronic device, storage medium, or file, if authenticated by a process of

digital identification, as shown by a certification of a qualified person that complies with the

procedural requirements for Rule 902(11) certificati on. The proponent also must meet the

notice requirements of Rule 902(11).