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Part I — General Provisions

5.101 Scope; definitions
5.102 Purpose
5.103 Rulings on evidence
5.104 Preliminary questions
5.105 Limiting evidence that is not admissible against other parties or for other purposes
5.106 Remainder of related acts, declarations, conversations, writings, or recorded statements

Part II — Judicial Notice

5.201 Judicial notice of adjudicative facts

Part III — Presumptions in Civil Cases

5.301 Presumptions in civil cases generally

Part IV — Relevance and Its Limits

5.401 Test for relevant evidence
5.402 General admissibility of relevant evidence
5.403 Excluding relevant evidence for prejudice, confusion, waste of time, or other reasons
5.404 Character evidence; crimes or other acts
5.405 Methods of proving character
5.406 Habit; routine practice
5.407 Subsequent remedial measures
5.408 Compromise offers and negotiations
5.409 Payment of expenses
5.410 Pleas, plea discussions, and related statements
5.411 Liability insurance
5.412 Sex-offense cases: the victim’s sexual behavior or predisposition D

Part IX — Authentication and Identification

5.901 Authenticating or identifying evidence D
5.902 Evidence that is self-authenticating
5.903 Subscribing witness’s testimony

Part V — Privileges

5.501 Privilege in general
5.502 Attorney-client privilege and work product; limitations on waiver

Part VI — Witnesses

5.601 Competency to testify in general
5.602 Need for personal knowledge
5.603 Oath or affirmation to testify truthfully
5.604 Interpreter
5.605 Judge’s competency as a witness
5.606 Juror’s competency as a witness
5.607 Who may impeach a witness
5.608 Witness’s character for truthfulness or untruthfulness
5.609 Impeachment by evidence of a criminal conviction D
5.610 Religious beliefs or opinions
5.611 Mode and order of examining witnesses and presenting evidence
5.612 Writing used to refresh a witness’s memory
5.613 Witness’s prior statement
5.614 Court’s calling or examining a witness
5.615 Excluding witnesses

Part VII — Opinions and Expert Testimony

5.701 Opinion testimony by lay witnesses
5.702 Testimony by expert witnesses
5.703 Bases of an expert’s opinion testimony
5.704 Opinion on an ultimate issue
5.705 Disclosing the facts or data underlying an expert’s opinion
5.706 Court-appointed expert witnesses

Part VIII — Hearsay

5.801 Definitions that apply to this Article; exclusions from hearsay
5.802 The rule against hearsay
5.803 Exceptions to the rule against hearsay—regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness D
5.804 Exceptions to the rule against hearsay—when the declarant is unavailable as a witness
5.805 Hearsay within hearsay
5.806 Attacking and supporting the declarant’s credibility
5.807 Residual exception

Part X — Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs

5.1001 Definitions that apply to this article
5.1002 Requirement of the original
5.1003 Admissibility of duplicates
5.1004 Admissibility of other evidence of content
5.1005 Copies of public records to prove content
5.1006 Summaries to prove content
5.1007 Testimony or statement of a party to prove content
5.1008 Functions of the court and jury

Part XI — Miscellaneous Rules

5.1101 Applicability of the rules
5.1103 Title

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Chapter VI · Witnesses

Rule 5.601. Competency to testify in general

Amended January 1, 2017 (current)

Every person is competent to be a witness unless a statute or rule provides otherwise.

Source: Iowa R. Evid. 5.601 (pdf p. 10)

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