A certification that complies with Rule 902(11) or 902(12) may be used to satisfy the admissibility of which type of records?

A certification that complies with Rule 902(11) or 902(12) may be used to satisfy the admissibility of which type of records?

• A. Public Records
• B. Records of a Regular Conducted Activity
• C. Excited Utterance
• D. Medical Diagnosis or Treatment

Answer: (B)

The key idea is self-authentication of business records. Rule 902 allows certain certified documents to be admitted without calling a witness. When a certification that satisfies Rule 902(11) or (12) accompanies a record, that record can be admitted as a certified copy of a record of a regularly conducted activity. In other words, it’s a self-authenticated business record: the custodian or qualified person attests that the record was kept in the ordinary course of business and is a true and accurate copy. Because of that certification, the record’s admissibility is secured without live testimony about the record’s origins. Public records have their own self-authenticating pathways, while excited utterances and medical diagnoses or treatments fall under different hearsay rules and protections, not this self-authentication route.

The key idea is self-authentication of business records. Rule 902 allows certain certified documents to be admitted without calling a witness. When a certification that satisfies Rule 902(11) or (12) accompanies a record, that record can be admitted as a certified copy of a record of a regularly conducted activity. In other words, it’s a self-authenticated business record: the custodian or qualified person attests that the record was kept in the ordinary course of business and is a true and accurate copy. Because of that certification, the record’s admissibility is secured without live testimony about the record’s origins. Public records have their own self-authenticating pathways, while excited utterances and medical diagnoses or treatments fall under different hearsay rules and protections, not this self-authentication route.