Fed. R. Evid. 601 — Competency to Testify in General

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Rule text

Every person is competent to be a witness unless these rules provide otherwise. But in a civil case, state law governs the witness’s competency regarding a claim or defense for which state law supplies the rule of decision.

Notes and Comments

(As amended Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)

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