West Virginia Code § 61-12-13

Reports and records received as evidence; copies
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Reports of investigations and autopsies, and the records thereof, on file in the Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner or in the office of any county medical examiner, shall be received as
evidence in any court or other proceeding, and copies of records, photographs, laboratory
findings and records on file in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner or in the office of
any county medical examiner, when attested by the chief medical examiner eor by the county
medical examiner, assistant county medical examiner or coroner in whose office the same
are filed, shall be received as evidence in any court or other proceedingr for any purpose for
which the original could be received without any proof of the official character of the person
whose name is signed thereto unless objected to by counsel: Provided, That statements of
witnesses or other persons and conclusions upon extraneous matters are not hereby made
admissible. t

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