{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.53","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 622.53","heading":"Judicial record — state or federal courts.","body":"A judicial record of this state, including the filed certified shorthand notes of the official court reporter as transcribed or a court of the United States may be proved by the production of the original, or a copy of it certified by the clerk or person having the legal custody of it, authenticated by the custodian’s seal of office, if there is a seal. That of another state may be proved by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there is a seal, together with a certificate of a judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the attestation is in due form of law.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 622 - EVIDENCE","Subchapter I - GENERAL PRINCIPLES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/622.53.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"df440f528d6d0ef21cdf98508af612c265e68f5eafece5c8032dc199ab6ae97c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.52","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-622.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}