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Chapter 90 · whole

All 88 sections of the Florida Evidence Code serve here verbatim — hash-pinned, census-gated by the release bench, and re-proved against the live corpus. This page shows the law and teaches how its gates fit together. It does not predict a ruling, weigh your facts, or select a strategy — where judgment is needed, a licensed Florida attorney is the right reader.

The five independent gates

Every item of evidence runs each gate separately. Passing one gate is never admissibility — a text-message screenshot can be relevant and still unauthenticated, authenticated and still hearsay, a proper duplicate and still privileged. The gates below quote the statutes' own words; the links serve each section whole.

Relevance and the § 90.403 balance

What fact of consequence does this tend to prove — and does unfair prejudice substantially outweigh it?

“Relevant evidence is inadmissible if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading the jury, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
§ 90.403, Fla. Stat. — read the section →

Authentication

Is there evidence sufficient to support a finding that this is what its proponent claims?

“evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims”
§ 90.901, Fla. Stat. — read the section →

Hearsay — every layer

Is any out-of-court statement offered for its truth — and does every nested layer have its own route?

“Except as provided by statute, hearsay evidence is inadmissible.”
§ 90.802, Fla. Stat. — read the section →

Original contents (Article X)

Are the CONTENTS of a writing, recording, or photograph being proved — and if so, where is the original?

“an original writing, recording, or photograph is required in order to prove the contents of the writing, recording, or photograph”
§ 90.952, Fla. Stat. — read the section →

Privilege

Does a recognized privilege hold the evidence out — and who holds it?

Article V is linked whole rather than excerpted — privilege law reads as a system, and this page quotes nothing it has not pinned.

§§ 90.501–90.510, Fla. Stat. — read the section →

The Best Evidence Rule, whole

§§ 90.951–90.958

Originals are § 90.952. Duplicates are § 90.953. The four no-original grounds are § 90.954 — and a courtroom playback problem is none of them until the statute's own conditions are shown. The module walks Article X in the statutes' own words.

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The Evidence Navigator

Thirty-three evidence types — photographs to AI-generated material — each with the governing sections loaded whole and the gates explained. The two criminal-adjacent types state their boundary and route.

Pick your evidence type →

The Readiness Organizer

Your items, witnesses, and what you want each to show — in your own words, stored only in your browser. Nothing uploads, nothing is analyzed.

Open the organizer →

Chapter 90, article by article

Every section links to its verbatim unit page — the text, the hash, the review state, the provenance.

Article I — General Provisions · 8 sections

Article II — Judicial Notice · 8 sections

  • § 90.201Matters which must be judicially noticedverified
  • § 90.202Matters which may be judicially noticedverified
  • § 90.203Compulsory judicial notice upon requestverified
  • § 90.2035Judicial notice of information taken from web mapping services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet mapping toolsverified
  • § 90.204Determination of propriety of judicial notice and nature of matter noticedverified
  • § 90.205Denial of a request for judicial noticeverified
  • § 90.206Instructing jury on judicial noticeverified
  • § 90.207Judicial notice by trial court in subsequent proceedingsverified

Article III — Presumptions · 4 sections

  • § 90.301Presumption defined; inferencesverified
  • § 90.302Classification of rebuttable presumptionsverified
  • § 90.303Presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence definedverified
  • § 90.304Presumption affecting the burden of proof definedverified

Article IV — Relevance and Policy Exclusions · 12 sections

  • § 90.401Definition of relevant evidenceverified
  • § 90.402Admissibility of relevant evidenceverified
  • § 90.4025Admissibility of paternity determination in certain criminal prosecutionsverified
  • § 90.4026Statements expressing sympathy; admissibility; definitionsverified
  • § 90.403Exclusion on grounds of prejudice or confusionverified
  • § 90.404Character evidence; when admissibleverified
  • § 90.405Methods of proving characterverified
  • § 90.406Routine practiceverified
  • § 90.407Subsequent remedial measuresverified
  • § 90.408Compromise and offers to compromiseverified
  • § 90.409Payment of medical and similar expensesverified
  • § 90.410Offer to plead guilty; nolo contendere; withdrawn pleas of guiltyverified

Article V — Privileges · 16 sections

  • § 90.501Privileges recognized only as providedverified
  • § 90.5015Journalist’s privilegeverified
  • § 90.502Lawyer-client privilegeverified
  • § 90.5021Fiduciary lawyer-client privilegeverified
  • § 90.503Psychotherapist-patient privilegeverified
  • § 90.5035Sexual assault counselor-victim privilegeverified
  • § 90.5036Domestic violence advocate-victim privilegeverified
  • § 90.5037Human trafficking victim advocate-victim privilegeverified
  • § 90.504Husband-wife privilegeverified
  • § 90.505Privilege with respect to communications to clergyverified
  • § 90.5055Accountant-client privilegeverified
  • § 90.506Privilege with respect to trade secretsverified
  • § 90.507Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosureverified
  • § 90.508Privileged matter disclosed under compulsion or without opportunity to claim privilegeverified
  • § 90.509Application of privileged communicationverified
  • § 90.510Privileged communication necessary to adverse partyverified

Article VI — Witnesses · 16 sections

  • § 90.601General rule of competencyverified
  • § 90.603Disqualification of witnessverified
  • § 90.604Lack of personal knowledgeverified
  • § 90.605Oath or affirmation of witnessverified
  • § 90.606Interpreters and translatorsverified
  • § 90.6063Interpreter services for deaf personsverified
  • § 90.607Competency of certain persons as witnessesverified
  • § 90.608Who may impeachverified
  • § 90.609Character of witness as impeachmentverified
  • § 90.610Conviction of certain crimes as impeachmentverified
  • § 90.611Religious beliefs or opinionsverified
  • § 90.612Mode and order of interrogation and presentationverified
  • § 90.613Refreshing the memory of a witnessverified
  • § 90.614Prior statements of witnessesverified
  • § 90.615Calling witnesses by the courtverified
  • § 90.616Exclusion of witnessesverified

Article VII — Opinions and Expert Testimony · 6 sections

  • § 90.701Opinion testimony of lay witnessesverified
  • § 90.702Testimony by expertsverified
  • § 90.703Opinion on ultimate issueverified
  • § 90.704Basis of opinion testimony by expertsverified
  • § 90.705Disclosure of facts or data underlying expert opinionverified
  • § 90.706Authoritativeness of literature for use in cross-examinationverified

Article VIII — Hearsay · 6 sections

  • § 90.801Hearsay; definitions; exceptionsverified
  • § 90.802Hearsay ruleverified
  • § 90.803Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant immaterialverified
  • § 90.804Hearsay exceptions; declarant unavailableverified
  • § 90.805Hearsay within hearsayverified
  • § 90.806Attacking and supporting credibility of declarantverified

Article IX — Authentication and Identification · 4 sections

  • § 90.901Requirement of authentication or identificationverified
  • § 90.902Self-authenticationverified
  • § 90.903Testimony of subscribing witness unnecessaryverified
  • § 90.91Photographs of property wrongfully taken; use in prosecution, procedure; return of property to ownerverified

Article X — Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs · 8 sections

Where the evidence rules meet procedure

Chapter 90 says what may be admitted; the procedure rules say how evidence is obtained, exchanged, offered, and preserved. Every link below serves a loaded unit — nothing is pointed at law this platform has not ingested.

Civil

The discovery-to-trial spine: scope, sanctions and ESI preservation, evidence at trial, summary judgment.

General practice and judicial administration

Court records, confidentiality, remote testimony and oaths — the mechanics every forum shares.

Civil traffic

Infraction hearings run on the Traffic Court rules; the speed-device statutes carry their own evidentiary conditions.

Small claims

Simplified procedure with liberal construction; the material facts still need real proof.

Probate

Will proof, lost wills, and adversary proceedings carry their own evidence mechanics.

Administrative

Chapter 120 hearings admit what a reasonably prudent person would rely on; hearsay alone cannot carry a finding the statutes reserve.

Appellate

The record is the appeal: what was objected to, ruled on, proffered, and transmitted.

Criminal

Criminal evidence is defense counsel's work. This platform computes nothing for a criminal charge — it shows the charged statute and routes to a licensed defense lawyer, the same posture the traffic lane holds for criminal violations.

Family

Family-law evidence belongs to the family-law product line. TrialVector states the boundary rather than duplicating it.

The special-authority layer

Loaded dual-source-verified alongside Chapter 90: the records statutes the evidence rules lean on, the civil harmless-error statute, the UETA admissibility clause, and the Uniform Rules of Procedure for administrative hearings.

Section 924.051 is loaded so the criminal boundary can be cited honestly — criminal evidence questions route to defense counsel; this platform computes nothing for a criminal charge.

Software, not a law firm. This page shows the Evidence Code verbatim and teaches how its gates relate — legal information, not legal advice, and never a prediction that any item will be admitted or excluded. For judgment on your own evidence, request review by an independent Florida attorney — they quote their own fee and bill you directly.