Rule 803(12). Certificates of Marriage, Baptism, and Similar Ceremonies.

   (12)  Certificates of Marriage, Baptism, and Similar Ceremonies. A statement of fact contained in a certificate:

       (A)   made by a person who is authorized by a religious organization or by law to perform the act certified;

       (B)   attesting that the person performed a marriage or similar ceremony or administered a sacrament; and

       (C)   purporting to have been issued at the time of the act or within a reasonable time after it.

Comment

   This rule is identical to F.R.E. 803(12).

Source

   The provisions of this Rule 803(12) adopted January 17, 2013, effective in sixty days, 43 Pa.B. 620.

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