Florida Statute 90.903 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VII
EVIDENCE

Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE

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90.903 Testimony of subscribing witness unnecessary.—The testimony of a subscribing witness is not necessary to authenticate a writing unless the statute requiring attestation requires it.

History.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.

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Conner v. State, 748 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 1999).

Cited 29 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1999 WL 731664

...3139 (emphasis supplied). STATUTORY HEARSAY EXCEPTION With this constitutional framework in mind, we analyze whether the hearsay exception for elderly adults is facially violative of the Confrontation Clause. It is uncontroverted that but for the recently passed statute, section 90.903(24), a narrative statement by any victim of a crime to a police officer not falling into any traditional hearsay exception would be inadmissible hearsay....

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Gen. Motors Acceptance v. Laesser, 718 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 568123

...to the hearsay rule under section 90.803(18), Florida Statutes (1997). However, Stivers' handwritten notes made at the time Donato made the statements should not have been admitted into evidence. Even if the notes qualified as recorded recollection, Section 90.903(5), Florida Statutes (1997), allows only that such evidence be read into evidence, unless offered by the adverse party....

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Hill v. State, 643 So. 2d 653 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 9483, 1994 WL 534774

culpability without observing the safeguards of section 90.903(23). We are aware that the trial court did

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John Garcia v. The State of Florida (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

the child victim hearsay exception found in section 90.903(23) of the Florida Statutes, introduced the

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