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• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.101; Short title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Florida Evidence ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.102; Construction.
  This chapter shall replace and supersede existing statutory or common law in conflict with its ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.103; Scope; applicability.
  (1) Unless otherwise provided by statute, this code applies to the same proceedings that the general law of evidence applied to before the effective date ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.104; Rulings on evidence.
  (1) A court may predicate error, set aside or reverse a judgment, or grant a new trial on the basis of admitted or excluded evidence ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.105; Preliminary questions.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the court shall determine preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.106; Summing up and comment by judge.
  A judge may not sum up the evidence or comment to the jury upon the weight of the evidence, the credibility of the witnesses, or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.107; Limited admissibility.
  When evidence that is admissible as to one party or for one purpose, but inadmissible as to another party or for another purpose, is admitted, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.108; Introduction of related writings or recorded statements.
  (1) When a writing or recorded statement or part thereof is introduced by a party, an adverse party may require him or her at that ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.201; Matters which must be judicially noticed.
  A court shall take judicial notice of: (1) Decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law and resolutions of the Florida Legislature and the Congress of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.202; Matters which may be judicially noticed.
  A court may take judicial notice of the following matters, to the extent that they are not embraced within s. 90.201: (1) Special, local, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.203; Compulsory judicial notice upon request.
  A court shall take judicial notice of any matter in s. 90.202 when a party requests it and: (1) Gives each adverse party timely ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.204; Determination of propriety of judicial notice and nature of matter noticed.
  (1) When a court determines upon its own motion that judicial notice of a matter should be taken or when a party requests such notice ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.205; Denial of a request for judicial notice.
  Upon request of counsel, when a court denies a request to take judicial notice of any matter, the court shall inform the parties at the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.206; Instructing jury on judicial notice.
  The court may instruct the jury during the trial to accept as a fact a matter judicially ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.207; Judicial notice by trial court in subsequent proceedings.
  The failure or refusal of a court to take judicial notice of a matter does not preclude a court from taking judicial notice of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.301; Presumption defined; inferences.
  (1) For the purposes of this chapter, a presumption is an assumption of fact which the law makes from the existence of another fact or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.302; Classification of rebuttable presumptions.
  Every rebuttable presumption is either: (1) A presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence and requiring the trier of fact to assume the existence of ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.303; Presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence defined.
  In a civil action or proceeding, unless otherwise provided by statute, a presumption established primarily to facilitate the determination of the particular action in which ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.304; Presumption affecting the burden of proof defined.
  In civil actions, all rebuttable presumptions which are not defined in s. 90.303 are presumptions affecting the burden of ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.401; Definition of relevant evidence.
  Relevant evidence is evidence tending to prove or disprove a material ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.402; Admissibility of relevant evidence.
  All relevant evidence is admissible, except as provided by ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.4025; Admissibility of paternity determination in certain criminal prosecutions.
  If a person less than 18 years of age gives birth to a child and the paternity of that child is established under chapter 742, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.4026; Statements expressing sympathy; admissibility; definitions.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Accident" means an occurrence resulting in injury or death to one or more persons which is not the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.403; Exclusion on grounds of prejudice or confusion.
  Relevant evidence is inadmissible if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading the jury, or needless ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.404; Character evidence; when admissible.
  (1) CHARACTER EVIDENCE GENERALLY.--Evidence of a person's character or a trait of character is inadmissible to prove action in conformity with it on ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.405; Methods of proving character.
  (1) REPUTATION.--When evidence of the character of a person or of a trait of that person's character is admissible, proof may be made ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.406; Routine practice.
  Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.407; Subsequent remedial measures.
  Evidence of measures taken after an injury or harm caused by an event, which measures if taken before the event would have made injury or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.408; Compromise and offers to compromise.
  Evidence of an offer to compromise a claim which was disputed as to validity or amount, as well as any relevant conduct or statements made ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.409; Payment of medical and similar expenses.
  Evidence of furnishing, or offering or promising to pay, medical or hospital expenses or other damages occasioned by an injury or accident is inadmissible to ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.410; Offer to plead guilty; nolo contendere; withdrawn pleas of guilty.
  Evidence of a plea of guilty, later withdrawn; a plea of nolo contendere; or an offer to plead guilty or nolo contendere to the crime ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.501; Privileges recognized only as provided.
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, any other statute, or the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Florida, no person ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.5015; Journalist's privilege.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Professional journalist" means a person regularly engaged in collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.502; Lawyer-client privilege.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) A "lawyer" is a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized, to practice law ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.503; Psychotherapist-patient privilege.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) A "psychotherapist" is: 1. A person authorized to practice medicine in any state or nation, or reasonably believed ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.5035; Sexual assault counselor-victim privilege.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) A "rape crisis center" is any public or private agency that offers assistance to victims of sexual assault ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.5036; Domestic violence advocate-victim privilege.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) A "domestic violence center" is any public or private agency that offers assistance to victims of domestic violence, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.504; Husband-wife privilege.
  (1) A spouse has a privilege during and after the marital relationship to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, communications which were ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.505; Privilege with respect to communications to clergy.
  (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) A "member of the clergy" is a priest, rabbi, practitioner of Christian Science, or minister of any ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.5055; Accountant-client privilege.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) An "accountant" is a certified public accountant or a public accountant. (b) A "client" is any person, public ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.506; Privilege with respect to trade secrets.
  A person has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent other persons from disclosing, a trade secret owned by that person if the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.507; Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure.
  A person who has a privilege against the disclosure of a confidential matter or communication waives the privilege if the person, or the person's ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.508; Privileged matter disclosed under compulsion or without opportunity to claim privilege.
  Evidence of a statement or other disclosure of privileged matter is inadmissible against the holder of the privilege if the statement or disclosure was compelled ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.509; Application of privileged communication.
  Nothing in this act shall abrogate a privilege for any communication which was made prior to July 1, 1979, if such communication was privileged at ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.510; Privileged communication necessary to adverse party.
  In any civil case or proceeding in which a party claims a privilege as to a communication necessary to an adverse party, the court, upon ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.601; General rule of competency.
  Every person is competent to be a witness, except as otherwise provided by ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.603; Disqualification of witness.
  A person is disqualified to testify as a witness when the court determines that the person is: (1) Incapable of expressing himself or herself concerning ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.604; Lack of personal knowledge.
  Except as otherwise provided in s. 90.702, a witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced which is sufficient to support ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.605; Oath or affirmation of witness.
  (1) Before testifying, each witness shall declare that he or she will testify truthfully, by taking an oath or affirmation in substantially the following form: "...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.606; Interpreters and translators.
  (1)(a) When a judge determines that a witness cannot hear or understand the English language, or cannot express himself or herself in English sufficiently ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.6063; Interpreter services for deaf persons.
  (1) The Legislature finds that it is an important concern that the rights of deaf citizens be protected. It is the intent of the Legislature ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.607; Competency of certain persons as witnesses.
  (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the judge presiding at the trial of an action is not competent to testify as a witness ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.608; Who may impeach.
  Any party, including the party calling the witness, may attack the credibility of a witness by: (1) Introducing statements of the witness which are inconsistent ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.609; Character of witness as impeachment.
  A party may attack or support the credibility of a witness, including an accused, by evidence in the form of reputation, except that: (1) The ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.610; Conviction of certain crimes as impeachment.
  (1) A party may attack the credibility of any witness, including an accused, by evidence that the witness has been convicted of a crime if ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.611; Religious beliefs or opinions.
  Evidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion is inadmissible to show that the witness's credibility is impaired or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.612; Mode and order of interrogation and presentation.
  (1) The judge shall exercise reasonable control over the mode and order of the interrogation of witnesses and the presentation of evidence, so as to: (...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.613; Refreshing the memory of a witness.
  When a witness uses a writing or other item to refresh memory while testifying, an adverse party is entitled to have such writing or other ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.614; Prior statements of witnesses.
  (1) When a witness is examined concerning the witness's prior written statement or concerning an oral statement that has been reduced to writing, the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.615; Calling witnesses by the court.
  (1) The court may call witnesses whom all parties may cross-examine. (2) When required by the interests of justice, the court may interrogate witnesses, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.616; Exclusion of witnesses.
  (1) At the request of a party the court shall order, or upon its own motion the court may order, witnesses excluded from a proceeding ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.701; Opinion testimony of lay witnesses.
  If a witness is not testifying as an expert, the witness's testimony about what he or she perceived may be in the form of ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.702; Testimony by experts.
  If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact in understanding the evidence or in determining a fact in issue, a ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.703; Opinion on ultimate issue.
  Testimony in the form of an opinion or inference otherwise admissible is not objectionable because it includes an ultimate issue to be decided by the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.704; Basis of opinion testimony by experts.
  The facts or data upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by, or made known to, the expert at ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.705; Disclosure of facts or data underlying expert opinion.
  (1) Unless otherwise required by the court, an expert may testify in terms of opinion or inferences and give reasons without prior disclosure of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.706; Authoritativeness of literature for use in cross-examination.
  Statements of facts or opinions on a subject of science, art, or specialized knowledge contained in a published treatise, periodical, book, dissertation, pamphlet, or other ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.801; Hearsay; definitions; exceptions.
  (1) The following definitions apply under this chapter: (a) A "statement" is: 1. An oral or written assertion; or 2. Nonverbal conduct of a person ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.802; Hearsay rule.
  Except as provided by statute, hearsay evidence is ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.803; Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant immaterial.
  The provision of s. 90.802 to the contrary notwithstanding, the following are not inadmissible as evidence, even though the declarant is available as a ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.804; Hearsay exceptions; declarant unavailable.
  (1) DEFINITION OF UNAVAILABILITY.--"Unavailability as a witness" means that the declarant: (a) Is exempted by a ruling of a court on the ground of ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.805; Hearsay within hearsay.
  Hearsay within hearsay is not excluded under s. 90.802, provided each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.806; Attacking and supporting credibility of declarant.
  (1) When a hearsay statement has been admitted in evidence, credibility of the declarant may be attacked and, if attacked, may be supported by any ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.901; Requirement of authentication or identification.
  Authentication or identification of evidence is required as a condition precedent to its admissibility. The requirements of this section are satisfied by evidence sufficient to ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.902; Self-authentication.
  Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required for: (1) A document bearing: (a) A seal purporting to be that ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.903; Testimony of subscribing witness unnecessary.
  The testimony of a subscribing witness is not necessary to authenticate a writing unless the statute requiring attestation requires ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.91; Photographs of property wrongfully taken; use in prosecution, procedure; return of property to owner.
  In any prosecution for a crime involving the wrongful taking of property, a photograph of the property alleged to have been wrongfully taken may be ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.951; Definitions.
  For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Writings" and "recordings" include letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photography, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.952; Requirement of originals.
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, an original writing, recording, or photograph is required in order to prove the contents of the writing, recording, or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.953; Admissibility of duplicates.
  A duplicate is admissible to the same extent as an original, unless: (1) The document or writing is a negotiable instrument as defined in s. ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.954; Admissibility of other evidence of contents.
  The original of a writing, recording, or photograph is not required, except as provided in s. 90.953, and other evidence of its contents is ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.955; Public records.
  (1) The contents of an official record or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed, and actually recorded or filed, with a governmental ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.956; Summaries.
  When it is not convenient to examine in court the contents of voluminous writings, recordings, or photographs, a party may present them in the form ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.957; Testimony or written admissions of a party.
  A party may prove the contents of writings, recordings, or photographs by the testimony or deposition of the party against whom they are offered or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 90.958; Functions of court and jury.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), when the admissibility under this chapter of other evidence of the contents of writings, recordings, or photographs depends ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.05; Final judgments and decrees of courts of record.
  All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter rendered and entered in courts of record of this state, and certified copies thereof, shall be admissible ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.06; Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts.
  All final judgments and decrees heretofore or hereafter to be rendered and entered in the United States District Courts of this state and certified copies ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.07; Judgments and decrees of this state.
  The recitals in all judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court and of the several circuit courts of this state, when such judgment or decree ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.08; Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more.
  The recitals in any deed of conveyance or power of attorney shall be admissible in evidence when offered in evidence by either party to any ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.09; Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed.
  No copy of a judgment or decree shall be admitted in evidence as aforesaid when it shall be made to appear that such decree has ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.13; Certified copies of records of certified copies.
  Certified copies of the record of certified copies of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments referred to in s. 695.19 shall have ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.14; United States deeds and patents and copies thereof.
  Deeds and patents issued by the United States Government and photographic copies made by authority of said government from its records thereof in the General ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.141; Law enforcement employees; travel expenses; compensation as witness.
  Any employee of a law enforcement agency of a municipality or county or the state who appears as an official witness to testify at any ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.142; Witnesses; pay.
  (1) Witnesses in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts, now or hereafter created, and witnesses summoned before any arbitrator or general or special ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.143; Compensation to traffic court witnesses.
  Any party who secures the attendance of a witness in traffic court shall bear all costs of calling the witness, including witness fees. If the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.15; Receipts in cases involving title from United States.
  A receipt of a receiver of a United States Land Office shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the title to the land ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.151; Witness compensation; payment; overcharges.
  Compensation shall be paid to the witness by the party in whose behalf the witness is summoned, and the prevailing party may tax the same ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.153; Production of documents by witnesses; reimbursement of costs.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Disinterested witness" means a person to whom a summons is issued with respect to documents involving or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.16; Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands.
  A certificate of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund under its official seal, with respect to the present or past ownership ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.17; Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
  The impression of the seal of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund upon any deed, agreement or contract, purporting to have ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.18; Certificate of state officer.
  The certificate of any state officer, under seal of office, as to any official act occurring in the course of the official business of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.19; Portions of records.
  In all cases where any certified copy of any record, pleading, document, deed, conveyance, paper or instrument in writing, involving the title to real estate ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.20; Certificates issued under authority of Congress.
  Every certificate issued under authority of the Congress and every duly certified copy thereof under the seal of the United States governmental department having the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.21; Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings.
  Every owner, agent, or lessee of any building or buildings used for the purpose of providing board and lodgings for the entertainment of guests, containing ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.23; Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building.
  In all suits or proceedings brought upon policies of insurance on buildings against loss or damage by fire, hereafter issued or renewed, the insurer shall ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.231; Expert witnesses; fee.
  (1) The term "expert witness" as used herein shall apply to any witness who offers himself or herself in the trial of any action as ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.233; Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases.
  A witness subpoenaed in two or more criminal cases pending at the same time shall be paid one charge for per diem and mileage, but ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.24; Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title.
  All tax deeds issued under and pursuant to the provisions and in the form prescribed in and by the following acts and statutes of this ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.25; Records destroyed by fire; use of abstracts.
  Whenever in the trial of any suit, or in any proceeding in any court of this state, it shall be made to appear that the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.251; Uniform Foreign Depositions Law.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign Depositions Law." (2) Whenever any mandate, writ or commission is issued out of any court ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.26; Records destroyed by fire; use of sworn copies.
  A sworn copy of any writing admissible under s. 92.25 made by the person or persons having possession of such writing shall be admissible ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.27; Records destroyed by fire; effect of abstracts in evidence.
  In all cases in which any destroyed abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps or plats, or copies thereof, purchased and placed in the clerk's office, ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.28; Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence.
  In all suits or proceedings concerning any land, or any estate, interest or right in, or any lien or encumbrance upon the same, when it ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.29; Photographic or electronic copies.
  Photographic reproductions or reproductions through electronic recordkeeping systems made by any federal, state, county, or municipal governmental board, department or agency, in the regular course ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.295; Copies of voter registration records.
  Any reproduction of an original voter registration record stored pursuant to s. 98.461, whether microfilmed or maintained digitally or on electronic, magnetic, or optic ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.30; Presumption of death; official findings.
  A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.31; Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries; official reports.
  An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.32; Official findings and reports; presumption of authority to issue or execute.
  For the purposes of this law, any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.33; Written statement concerning injury to person or property; furnishing copies; admission as evidence.
  Every person who shall take a written statement by any injured person with respect to any accident or with respect to any injury to person ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.351; Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court; prisoner mailings to courts.
  (1) No prisoner as defined by s. 57.085 who is a party to a judicial proceeding may submit evidence or any other item that ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.38; Comparison of disputed writings.
  Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.39; Evidence of individual's claim against the state in suits between them.
  In suits between the state and individuals, no claim for a credit shall be allowed upon trial, but such as shall appear to have been ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.40; Reports of building, housing, or health code violations; admissibility.
  A copy of a report, notice, or citation of a violation of any building, housing, or health code by a governmental agency charged with the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.50; Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements.
  (1) IN THIS STATE.--Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state (except oaths to jurors and witnesses in court ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.51; Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; taken or administered by commissioned officer of United States Armed Forces.
  (1) Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized by the laws of this state may be taken or administered within or without the United States ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.52; Affirmation equivalent to oath.
  Whenever an oath shall be required by any law of this state in any proceeding, an affirmation may be substituted ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.525; Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty.
  (1) When it is authorized or required by law, by rule of an administrative agency, or by rule or order of court that a document ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.53; Videotaping of testimony of victim or witness under age 16 or person with mental retardation.
  (1) On motion and hearing in camera and a finding that there is a substantial likelihood that a victim or witness who is under the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.54; Use of closed circuit television in proceedings involving victims or witnesses under the age of 16 or persons with mental retardation.
  (1) Upon motion and hearing in camera and upon a finding that there is a substantial likelihood that the child or person with mental retardation ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.55; Judicial or other proceedings involving victim or witness under the age of 16 or person with mental retardation; special protections.
  (1) Upon motion of any party, upon motion of a parent, guardian, attorney, or guardian ad litem for a child under the age of 16 ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.56; Judicial proceedings and court records involving sexual offenses.
  (1) All court records, including testimony from witnesses, that reveal the photograph, name, or address of the victim of an alleged offense described in chapter ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.565; Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "sexual abuse" means an act of a sexual nature or sexual act that may be prosecuted under ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.57; Termination of employment of witness prohibited.
  A person who testifies in a judicial proceeding in response to a subpoena may not be dismissed from employment because of the nature of the ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.60; Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity.
  (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Foreign record of regularly conducted business activity" means a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any ...
• Florida Evidence Code Section 92.605; Production of certain records by Florida businesses and out-of-state corporations.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Adverse result" includes one of the following consequences to notification of the existence of a ...

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