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Ind. Evidence Rule 1002
Requirement of the Original
Effective January 1, 2014
An original writing, recording, or photograph is required in order to prove its content unless these
rules or a statute provides otherwise. An electronic record of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
obtained from the Bureau that bears an electronic or digital signature, as defined by statute, is
admissible in a court proceeding as if the signature were an original.
Provenance
- Source
- rules.incourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-in-06-2026-07-01
- Content hash
60df39b89162869874147a5e6b7549b4084e4b62fbcff31abca8f074d5a5e3fa
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