NOTES TO RULE 903
HISTORY:
(Jan. 2, 1975, P.L. 93-595, § 1, 88 Stat. 1945.)
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules.
The common law required that attesting witnesses be produced or accounted for. Today the requirement has generally been abolished except with respect to documents which must be attested to be valid, e.g. wills in some states. McCormick § 188. Uniform Rule 71; California Evidence Code § 1411; Kansas Code of Civil Procedure § 60-468; New Jersey Evidence Rule 71; New York CPLR Rule 4537.