42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 61 - Rules Of Evidence

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Documentary Evidence

• Section 6101 - Scope Of Subchapter
  Except as otherwise provided by statute or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto by a government agency, the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to matters...
• Section 6102 - Judicial Notice Of Official Seals
  The seal of every court, magisterial district judge and other government unit, adopted pursuant to law, shall be judicially noticed. (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618,...
• Section 6103 - Proof Of Official Records
  (a) General rule.--An official record kept within this Commonwealth by any court, magisterial district judge or other government unit, or an entry therein, when...
• Section 6104 - Effect Of Official Records Generally
  (a) General rule.--A copy of a record of governmental action or inaction authenticated as provided in section 6103 (relating to proof of official records)...
• Section 6105 - Acts Of Notaries Public
  (a) General rule.--The official acts, protests and attestations of all notaries public, certified under their respective hands and seals of office, including the dishonor...
• Section 6106 - Certified Exemplifications Of Records
  Whenever provision is made by law for recording or filing in a public office any document, the record thereof made, and exemplifications of the...
• Section 6107 - Judicial Notice Of Certain Local Government Ordinances
  (a) General rule.--The ordinances of municipal corporations of this Commonwealth shall be judicially noticed. (b) Manner of proving ordinances.--The tribunal may inform itself of...
• Section 6108 - Business Records
  (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act." (b) General rule.--A...
• Section 6109 - Photographic Copies Of Business And Public Records
  (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as...
• Section 6110 - Registers Kept By Religious Societies And Municipalities
  (a) General rule.--The registry kept by any religious society in their respective meeting book or books of any marriage, birth or burial, within this...
• Section 6111 - Handwriting
  (a) Opinion evidence as to handwriting.--Where there is a question as to any writing, the opinions of the following persons shall be deemed to...
• Section 6112 - Introduction Of Parole Evidence After Refusal To Produce Documents
  § 6112. Introduction of parol evidence after refusal to produce documents. In all matters wherein any person is directed by a court to produce...

Subchapter B.  Eminent Domain Matters

• Section 6121 - Eminent Domain Matters
  Eminent domain matters shall be governed by the provisions of 26 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to evidence) in addition to the provisions of this...

Subchapter C.  Blood Tests to Determine Paternity (Repealed)

• Section 6131 - § 6137 - (Repealed)
  1990 Repeal. Subchapter C (§§ 6131 - 6137) was added July 9, 1976 P.L.586, No.142, and repealed December 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, effective in...

Subchapter D.  Miscellaneous Provisions

• Section 6141 - Effect Of Certain Settlements
  (a) Personal injuries.--Settlement with or any payment made to an injured person or to others on behalf of such injured person with the permission...
• Section 6142 - Pleas In Vehicle Matters
  (a) General rule.--A plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a payment of the fine and costs prescribed after any such plea, in any...
• Section 6143 - Registration Number As Evidence Of Operation Of Vehicle
  (a) General rule.--In any action or proceeding for the recovery of a civil penalty for an infraction of the provisions of any law relating...
• Section 6144 - Dying Declarations In Case Of Abortion
  (a) General rule.--The ante mortem statements of any woman, who shall die in consequence of any criminal acts producing or intended to produce a...

Subchapter E.  Medical Records

• Section 6151 - Use Of Certified Copies
  Medical charts or records of any health care facility licensed under the laws of this Commonwealth that are susceptible to photostatic reproduction may be...
• Section 6152 - Subpoena Of Records
  (a) Election.-- (1) When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon any health care provider or an employee of any health care facility licensed...
• Section 6152.1 - Limit On Charges
  (a) Charges.-- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6152(c) (relating to subpoena of records), a health care provider or facility shall not charge more...
• Section 6153 - Receipts
  When the copies of records are personally delivered a receipt shall be presented to the person receiving the records for his signature and shall...
• Section 6154 - Affidavit Of None Or Partial Possession
  If the health care facility has none of the charts or records specified in the subpoena, or only a part thereof, the custodian of...
• Section 6155 - Rights Of Patients
  (a) Protective order.--Any patient whose medical charts or records are copied and delivered pursuant to this subchapter, any person acting on such patient's behalf...
• Section 6156 - Opening Of Sealed Envelopes
  The copy of the records shall remain sealed and shall be opened only at the time of trial, deposition or other hearing, upon the...
• Section 6157 - Retention Of Records
  When the copies of records are delivered to a party or his attorney of record for use in a deposition, they shall, after termination...
• Section 6158 - Obtaining Personal Attendance Of Custodian
  The personal attendance of the custodian of the original charts or records specified in the subpoena shall only be required if the subpoena duces...
• Section 6159 - Obtaining Production Of Original Record
  The production of the original record shall only be required if the subpoena duces tecum so specifies for the purpose of comparing the reproduced...
• Section 6160 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...

Last modified: October 8, 2016