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S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-510

Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act

Known as the Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Varnadore v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance (1986)

Most recently applied in State v. Mealor (August 2018)

1978 Act No. 552 SECTION 1.

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The term "business" shall include every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not.

A record of an act, condition or event shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.

This section may be cited as the Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.