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In a highway construction dispute, TerraTech Constructors, Inc. seeks to admit an electronic Change Order (CO-88) generated by TerraTech’s project-management system and saved as a PDF with TerraTech’s digital signature. The CO-88 includes metadata, a trusted timestamp, and a certificate chain, and was captured in TerraTech’s project records. The counterparty objects, alleging possible signature forgery and credential compromise. The proponent offers: (i) testimony from TerraTech’s IT administrator that the document was created and signed by TerraTech’s server; (ii) server logs showing creation time; (iii) verification of the digital signature and the certificate chain; and (iv) the trusted timestamp. Under A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC, Rule 7, what is the best description of the evidentiary weight of the electronic document given the authentication offered?

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Admit the electronic CO but treat it as secondary evidence; original paper would be required for the best evidence rule. Admit and weigh under the IT-origin authentication framework of A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC Rule 7; authentication via IT-origin testimony, server logs, certificate chain, and trusted timestamp yields strong, but not conclusive weight; court may still consider credential compromise; If the original integrity cannot be established, Rule 7 governs admissibility and weight. Admit the electronic CO with conclusive weight based on IT-origin authentication, server logs, a valid certificate chain, and a trusted timestamp. Admit only if the court finds that the signature and certificate chain are valid; otherwise exclude.

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