Public Record

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Any information, minutes, files, accounts or other records which a governmental body is required to maintain and which must be accessible to scrutiny by the public. this includes the files of most legal actions. a court will take “judicial notice” of a public record (including hearsay in the record) introduced as evidence. for example: a recorded deed to show transfer of title or a criminal judgment are both public records.

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