A statement is imputed to a principal or to an employer and is treated as the principal's or employer's vicarious admission (which, like other admissions is exempt from the hearsay rule) if the principal or employer is a party, the statement is offered against the principal or party, the statement is a statement by the party's agent or employee about a matter within the scope of the agent's agency or the employee's employment, and the statement is made during the principal-agent or employer-employee relationship.

Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne, 427 F.3d 775, 799-800 (10th Cir. 2005) (holding, in plaintiff church's civil action against defendant city and other affiliated defendants for violation of the Religious Land Use and....If an employee or agent was authorized by the employer or principal to speak about a matter, the statement of the employee or the agent can count as the statement of the employer or the principal and thus may amount to a vicarious admission that is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay; i.e., statements of "speaking agents" can be vicarious admissions that are exempt from the hearsay rule -- if the other requirements applicable to this type of vicarious admission are satisfied.

United States v. Koen, 982 F.2d 1101, 1110 (7th Cir. 1992) (upholding trial court's admission of witnesses' testimony about accused's business dealings because, even though the accused does not dispute that this evidence establishes his indebtedness and his motive, still such evidence completed the...Another act, wrong, or crime is admissible to show a motive for some alleged conduct on a particular occasion.

United States v. Austrew, 202 F. Supp. 816, 822 (D. Md. 1962) (upholding trial court's admission of a birth certificate [which was offered to prove the age of victim Shirley Monroe] as a public record because "the document was properly sealed and certified.").There is a hearsay exception for government records of births, fetal deaths, deaths, or marriages if such records are based on legally-required reports made to a public office.