Section 18.7 Public Records

• Library: Evidence 2017

E. (§18.7) Public Records

“[A] record kept or prepared by a person whose public duty it is to record the facts stated in the document is admissible as evidence of such facts.” Phillips v. Bd. of Adjustment of City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, 308 S.W.2d 765, 768 (Mo. App. E.D. 1958). “[A] public ‘record or document must be produced from or in the proper custody, and its identity, authenticity, and genuineness must be established, * * *.’” Cole v. Bumiller, 549 S.W.2d 95...