Section 19-16-17 - (Rule 803(13)) Personal history maintained by families admissible. - South Dakota Statutes

19-16-17. (Rule 803(13)) Personal history maintained by families admissible. Statements of fact concerning personal or family history contained in family Bibles, genealogies, charts, engravings on rings, inscriptions on family portraits, engravings on urns, crypts, or tombstones, or the like, are not excluded by § 19-16-4, even though the declarant is available as a witness.

Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 803 (13).