Rule · Federal Rules of Evidence
Fed. R. Evid. 601 — Competency to Testify in General
Fed. R. Evid. 601
- Type
- Rule
- Source
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2026-10-22
- Current through
- Nov 3, 2026 (Office of the Law Revision Counsel)
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.
Citator
Fed. R. Evid. 601 — Competency to Testify in General is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
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.