{"data":{"id":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-653","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"4 M.R.S. §653","heading":"Authentication of evidence","body":"In all cases coming before the Law Court from the Supreme Judicial Court or from the Superior Court in which a copy of the evidence is required by statute, rule of court or order of the presiding justice, a certificate signed by the Official Court Reporter or a transcriber of an electronically recorded record, stating that the report furnished by the reporter or transcriber is a correct transcript of the reporter's stenographic notes or the electronically recorded record of the testimony and proceedings at the trial of the cause, is a sufficient authentication of the reporter's stenographic notes or the electronically recorded record without the signature of the presiding justice.","path":["TITLE 4: JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 15: REPORTERS OF DECISIONS AND TESTIMONY","SUBCHAPTER 1: REPORTERS IN THE SUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/4/title4sec653.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"40620c23e165be90c8c3475940b30b56d3fe7912a8d9e7a4375cb7ce09351647","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-652","next":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-654"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}