Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-506.20 - Evidence
(1) The presiding
officer rules on admissibility of evidence and may, where appropriate, take
official notice of facts in accordance with all applicable requirements of
law.
(2) Stipulation of facts is
encouraged. The presiding officer may make a decision based on stipulated
facts.
(3) Evidence in the
proceeding shall be confined to the issues as to which the parties received
notice prior to the hearing unless a party waives the party's right to such
notice or the presiding officer determines that good cause justifies expansion
of the issues. If the presiding officer decides to admit evidence on issues
outside the scope of the notice over the objection of a party who did not have
actual notice of those issues, that party, upon timely request, will receive a
continuance sufficient to amend pleadings and to prepare on the additional
issue.
(4) The party seeking
admission of an exhibit must provide opposing parties with an opportunity to
examine the exhibit prior to the ruling on its admissibility. Copies of
documents should normally be provided to opposing parties. All exhibits
admitted into evidence will be appropriately marked and be made part of the
record.
(5) Any party may object to
specific evidence or may request limits on the scope of any examination or
cross-examination. Such an objection shall be accompanied by a brief statement
of the grounds upon which it is based. The objection, the ruling on the
objection, and the reasons for the ruling shall be noted in the record. The
presiding officer may rule on the objection at the time it is made or may
reserve a ruling until the written decision.
(6) Whenever evidence is ruled inadmissible,
the party offering that evidence may submit an offer of proof on the record.
The party making the offer of proof for excluded oral testimony shall briefly
summarize the testimony or, with permission of the presiding officer, present
the testimony. If the excluded evidence consists of a document or exhibit, it
shall be marked as part of an offer of proof and inserted in the
record.
(7) Irrelevant, immaterial
and unduly repetitious evidence should be excluded. A finding will be based
upon the kind of evidence upon which reasonably prudent persons are accustomed
to rely for the conduct of their serious affairs and may be based on hearsay or
other types of evidence that may or would be inadmissible in a jury
trial.
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(1) The presiding officer will rule on admissibility of evidence and may, where appropriate, take official notice of facts in accordance with all applicable requirements of law.
(2) Stipulation of facts is encouraged. The presiding officer may make a decision based on stipulated facts.
(3) Evidence in the proceeding will be confined to the issues as to which the parties received notice prior to the hearing unless a party waives the party 's right to such notice or the presiding officer determines that good cause justifies expansion of the issues. If the presiding officer decides to admit evidence on issues outside the scope of the notice over the objection of a party who did not have actual notice of those issues, that party , upon timely request, will receive a continuance sufficient to amend pleadings and to prepare on the additional issue.
(4) The party seeking admission of an exhibit must provide opposing parties with an opportunity to examine the exhibit prior to the ruling on its admissibility. Copies of documents should normally be provided to opposing parties. All exhibits admitted into evidence will be appropriately marked and be made part of the record.
(5) Any party may object to specific evidence or may request limits on the scope of any examination or cross-examination. Such an objection will be accompanied by a brief statement of the grounds upon which it is based. The objection, the ruling on the objection, and the reasons for the ruling will be noted in the record. The presiding officer may rule on the objection at the time it is made or may reserve a ruling until the written decision.
(6) Whenever evidence is ruled inadmissible, the party offering that evidence may submit an offer of proof on the record. The party making the offer of proof for excluded oral testimony will briefly summarize the testimony or, with permission of the presiding officer , present the testimony. If the excluded evidence consists of a document or exhibit, it will be marked as part of an offer of proof and inserted in the record.
(7) Irrelevant, immaterial and unduly repetitious evidence should be excluded. A finding will be based upon the kind of evidence upon which reasonably prudent persons are accustomed to rely for the conduct of their serious affairs, and may be based on hearsay or other types of evidence that may or would be inadmissible in a jury trial.