IEA Section 21 — Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf

Summary

An admission can be used as evidence against the person who made it or against that person’s legal representative. However, an admission generally cannot be used as evidence by the person who made it or by that person’s legal representative, except in three specific situations. First, it can be used by the person who made it if the admission would be relevant as a statement of a dead person under another section of this law. Second, it can be used if the admission is a statement about the person’s own state of mind or body at the time it existed, and the person’s actions at that time make the statement unlikely to be false. Third, it can be used if the statement is relevant for some other reason besides being an admission.

Official Text

Admissions are relevant and may be proved as against the person who makes them or his representative in interest; but they cannot be proved by or on behalf of the person who makes them or by his representative in interest, except in the following cases—

An admission may be proved by or on behalf of the person making it, when it is of such a nature that, if the person making it were dead, it would be relevant as between third persons under section 32.
An admission may by proved by or on behalf of the person making it, when it consists of a statement of the existence of any state of mind or body, relevant or in issue, made at or about the time when such state of mind or body existed, and is accompanied by conduct rendering its falsehood improbable.
An admission may be proved by on behalf of the person making it, if it is relevant otherwise than as an admission.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BSA §19 — Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf