MINNESOTA COURT RULES

EVIDENCE

Minnesota Rules of Evidence

Effective July 1, 1977
With amendments received through July 1, 2019

TABLE OF HEADNOTES

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Rule
101		Scope
102		Purpose and Construction
103		Rulings on Evidence
104		Preliminary Questions
105		Limited Admissibility
106		Remainder of or Related Writings or Recorded Statements

ARTICLE 2. JUDICIAL NOTICE

201

Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

ARTICLE 3. PRESUMPTIONS IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

301

Presumptions in General in Civil Actions and Proceedings

ARTICLE 4. RELEVANCY AND ITS LIMITS

401		Definition of "Relevant Evidence"
402		Relevant Evidence Generally Admissible; Irrelevant Evidence Inadmissible
403		Exclusion of Relevant Evidence on Grounds of Prejudice, Confusion, or Waste of Time
404		Character Evidence Not Admissible to Prove Conduct; Exceptions; Other Crimes
405		Methods of Proving Character
406		Habit; Routine Practice
407		Subsequent Remedial Measures
408		Compromise and Offers to Compromise
409		Payment of Medical and Similar Expenses
410		Offer to Plead Guilty; Nolo Contendere, Withdrawn Plea of Guilty
411		Liability Insurance
412		Past Conduct of Victim of Certain Sex Offenses

ARTICLE 5. PRIVILEGES

501		General Rule
502		Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver

ARTICLE 6. WITNESSES

601		Competency
602		Lack of Personal Knowledge
603		Oath or Affirmation
604		Interpreters
605		Competency of Judge as Witness
606		Competency of Juror as Witness
607		Who May Impeach
608		Evidence of Character and Conduct of Witness
609		Impeachment by Evidence of Conviction of Crime
610		Religious Beliefs or Opinions
611		Mode and Order of Interrogation and Presentation
612		Writing Used to Refresh Memory
613		Prior Statements of Witnesses
614		Calling and Interrogating Witnesses
615		Exclusion of Witnesses
616		Bias of Witness
617		Conversation with Deceased or Insane Person

ARTICLE 7. OPINIONS AND EXPERT TESTIMONY

701		Opinion Testimony by Lay Witness
702		Testimony by Experts
703		Bases of Opinion Testimony by Experts
704		Opinion on Ultimate Issue
705		Disclosure of Facts or Data Underlying Expert Opinion
706		Court Appointed Experts

ARTICLE 8. HEARSAY

801		Definitions
802		Hearsay Rule
803		Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial
804		Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable
805		Hearsay Within Hearsay
806		Attacking and Supporting Credibility of Declarant
807		Residual Exception

ARTICLE 9. AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION

901		Requirement of Authentication or Identification
902		Self-Authentication
903		Subscribing Witness' Testimony Unnecessary

ARTICLE 10. CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS

1001		Definitions
1002		Requirement of Original
1003		Admissibility of Duplicates
1004		Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents
1005		Public Records
1006		Summaries
1007		Testimony or Written Admission of Party
1008		Functions of Court and Jury

ARTICLE 11. MISCELLANEOUS RULES

1101

Rules Applicable