A record of an act, condition or event, shall in so far 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.
RCW 5.45.020
Business records as evidence.
Known as the The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act
The act spans §§ 5–5 (4 sections).
Applied in 115 court decisions — leading case 91 Wash. 2d 391 - State v. Fricks (1979)
Most recently applied in Frank Bucci, App. v. Northwest Trustee Services, Resps. (December 2016)
1947 c 53 s 2; Rem
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