R.I. 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 his or her official capacity of an officer or employee of any

entity included in paragraph (1) hereof, having no seal if the office in which the

record is kept is within Rhode Island. If the office in which the record is kept is

outside of Rhode Island but within the United States or within a territory or insular

possession subject to the dominion of the United States, the requirements of this rule

are satisfied 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 executed or

attested in his or her 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 executing 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 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 law or rule of the United States or Rhode Island.

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

be issued by public authority.

(6) Newspapers and Periodicals. Printed materials purporting 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, or origin.

(8) Acknowledged Documents. Documents accompanied by a certificate of

acknowledgement executed in the manner provided by law by a notary public or

other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements.

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

thereon, and documents relating thereto to the extent provided by general

commercial law.

(10) Presumptions Created by Law. Any signature, document, or other material

declared by any statute or rule of the United States or Rhode Island prescribed

pursuant to statutory or constitutional authority to be presumptively or prima facie

genuine or authentic.