Business Records Exception - Lack of Record As Evidence

Lack of Record As Evidence

FRE 803(7) states the negative counterpart of the business records exception: the use of the lack of a record to prove that a transaction or occurrence had not taken place, if it was the regular practice of the business to record such events if they had actually occurred.

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