Section 19-16-10 - (Rule 803(6)) Business records admissible. - South Dakota Statutes

19-16-10. (Rule 803(6)) Business records admissible. A memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, made at or near the time by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge, if kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity, and if it was the regular practice of that business activity to make the memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, all as shown by the testimony of the custodian or other qualified witness, is not excluded by § 19-16-4, even though the declarant is available as a witness, unless the source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness. The term "business" as used in this section includes business, institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.

Source: Supreme Court Rule 551, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.1001; SDCL, § 19-7-11; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 803 (6).