Iowa Admin. Code r. 875-84.24 - [Effective 3/26/2025] Evidence
(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 shall be confined to the contested issues as
identified in the notice of hearing.
(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 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 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 will be marked as part of an offer of proof and
inserted in the record.
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