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CHAPTER 31-09PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, AND WRITINGS31-09-01.Statutes, codes, decisions, when admissible as evidence of laws offoreign jurisdictions. Books purporting to be printed or published under the authority of any
other state, territory, or foreign country and to contain the statutes, codes, or other written law of
such state, territory, or country, or proved to be admitted commonly in the tribunals of such state,
territory, or country as evidence of the written law thereof, are admissible in this state as
evidence of such law. The unwritten or common law of any other state, territory, or country may
be proved as a fact by parol evidence and the books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of
any such state, territory, or country also may be admitted as presumptive evidence of such law.31-09-01.1. Reciprocal enforcement of tax statutes. The courts of this state shallrecognize and enforce statutes concerning taxation constitutionally imposed by other states that
extend like comity.31-09-02. When copies of records and proceedings of federal, state, and territorialcourts admissible in evidence. Copies of the records and judicial proceedings of any court of
the United States, or of any state or territory of the United States, shall be admissible as
evidence in this state when attested by the clerk with the seal of the court annexed, if there is a
seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the
attestation is in due form, and the said records and judicial proceedings so authenticated shall
have such faith and credit given to them in every court within this state as they have by law or
usage in the courts of the United States or of the state or territory from which they are taken.31-09-03. Stenographic report or transcript as evidence. Whenever the testimony ofa witness at a trial or hearing which was reported stenographically or by an electronic court
reporting system is admissible in evidence at a trial, it may be proved by the transcript thereof
duly certified by the person who reported or transcribed the testimony.31-09-04.How judicial record of foreign country proved.A judicial record of aforeign country may be proved by the attestation of the clerk with the seal of the court annexed, if
there is a clerk and seal, or of the legal keeper of the record, with the seal of office annexed, if
there is a seal, together with the certificate of the chief judge or presiding magistrate that the
person making the attestation is the clerk of the court, or the legal keeper of the record, and in
either case, that the signature of such person is genuine and that the attestation is in due form.
The signature of the chief judge or presiding magistrate must be authenticated by the certificate
of the minister, ambassador, or a consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States in
such foreign country.31-09-05. Certified transcript of judge's record admissible in courts of county. Atranscript of the docket record of a county judge in an action or proceeding, when certified by the
judge or the judge's successor in office, shall be evidence to prove the facts contained in that
transcript in any action or other proceeding in the county wherein the record was made.31-09-06. Certified transcript of county judge's record admissible in courts of othercounties. A transcript of the docket record of a county judge in an action or proceeding, when
certified by the judge or the judge's successor in office, may be read in evidence in another
county if there is attached thereto a certificate of the clerk of the district court of the county in
which such record was made, under the seal of the court, to the effect that the person certifying
such transcript was at the date thereof a county judge of the county, and in addition, if such
docket record was made by another, that such other at the time of the making of the same was a
county judge of the county.31-09-07. Clerk of court - Certificate to official acts of judge. Repealed by S.L. 1991,ch. 326,