NJ RULES OF EVIDENCE NJRE RULE 1005. PUBLIC RECORDS
The contents of an official record or of a writing authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by a copy, certified as correct in accordance with Rule 902, or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original. If a copy which complies with the foregoing cannot be obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, other evidence of the contents may be admitted.