Business records
show · educate · routeRecords kept in the regular course of business — the workhorse hearsay exception, with a certification route that can retire the live custodian.
What this type commonly supports
- Transactions, balances, and course of dealing
- What an organization knew and recorded
How the gates bear on it
Hearsay
The exception's own heading and conditions govern — regular course, regular practice, personal knowledge at the source.
“RECORDS OF REGULARLY CONDUCTED BUSINESS ACTIVITY”
The certification route
A qualifying certification can substitute for the custodian — with the trustworthiness limit stated in the statute itself.
“as shown by a certification or declaration that complies with paragraph (c) and s. 90.902(11), unless the sources of information or other circumstances show lack of trustworthiness”
Self-authentication
Section 90.902(11)'s certified-records path pairs with the exception.
“is accompanied by a certification or declaration from the custodian of the records or another qualified person certifying or declaring that the record”
The governing units, loaded whole
- § 90.803, Fla. Stat. — the exceptions ((6) business records)
- § 90.902, Fla. Stat. — self-authentication ((11))
- § 92.605, Fla. Stat. — production by Florida and out-of-state businesses
- § 92.60, Fla. Stat. — foreign records
The recurring failure modes
- Any employee as 'custodian' — the witness must know the record system
- Records prepared for the dispute dressed as regular-course records
- Embedded third-party statements left without their own route
Software, not a law firm. This page teaches how Florida's evidence gates generally bear on this type — legal information, not legal advice, and never a prediction about your evidence. Whether a particular item clears the gates in your case is judgment work: an independent Florida attorney can review it and bill you directly. The five-gate frame lives on the Evidence Command Center.