Certificates of Marriage, Baptism, and Similar Ceremonies

Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence

Rule: 803-12

Jurisdiction: PA

Bluebook Citation: Pa.R.E. 803-12

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

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