(B) a copy attested by the officer with legal custody of the record — or by the officer’s deputy — and accompanied by a certificate that the officer has custody. The certificate must be made under seal:
(ii) by any public officer with a seal of office and with official duties in the district or political subdivision where the record is kept.
(ii) the record — or a copy — that is attested by an authorized person and is accompanied either by a final certification of genuineness or by a certification under a treaty or convention to which the United States and the country where the record is located are parties.
(C) Other Means of Proof. If all parties have had a reasonable opportunity to investigate a foreign record’s authenticity and accuracy, the court may, for good cause, either:
(ii) permit the record to be evidenced by an attested summary with or without a final certification.
(c) OTHER PROOF. A party may prove an official record — or an entry or lack of an entry in it — by any other method authorized by law.
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(As amended Feb. 28, 1966, eff. July 1, 1966; Mar. 2, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Dec. 1, 1991; Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)


