eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 90.953. Admissibility of duplicates.  


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  • 1A duplicate is admissible to the same extent as an original, unless:
    13(1) 14The document or writing is a negotiable instrument as defined in s. 26673.1041, 27a security as defined in s. 33678.1021, 34or any other writing that evidences a right to the payment of money, is not itself a security agreement or lease, and is of a type that is transferred by delivery in the ordinary course of business with any necessary endorsement or assignment.
    77(2) 78A genuine question is raised about the authenticity of the original or any other document or writing.
    95(3) 96It is unfair, under the circumstance, to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.
History.-s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 57, ch. 92-82; s. 29, ch. 99-2.

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