Under the business records exception, a document must be made in the regular course of business, at the time of the act or within a reasonable time thereafter, and the maker must have actual knowledge or have received information from someone with actual knowledge.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only if the document is digital
• D. Only if the maker is personally present

Answer: (A)

The essential idea is that the business records exception relies on the record being part of the ordinary course of business and created close in time to the event, based on someone with actual knowledge or information from someone with knowledge. This routine creation is what gives the record its reliability: it isn’t a special document prepared for litigation but a normal part of business operations. The format doesn’t matter—digital or paper—and the person who makes the entry doesn’t have to be personally present at the event; a clerk can record information supplied by someone who was present. Because these elements are all satisfied, the statement is correct.