There is a hearsay exception for public records of documents affecting an interest in property.

United States v. Smith, 776 F.2d 892, 897 (10th Cir. 1985) (holding that the trial court erred in refusing to allow inquiry about police officer's prior testimony because "the prior inconsistent statement was....A prior inconsistent statement of a witness is admissible, not only to impeach the witness, but also as substantive evidence -- to prove the truth of the matter previously asserted by the witness -- only if the prior consistent statement was made under oath.

United States v. Arnold, 467 F.3d 880, 884-885 (5th Cir. 2006) (upholding trial court's admission into evidence of accused's prior arrest and conviction for possession of crack because accused made his intent and knowledge the critical issues at trial and his "prior convictions were expressly offered,...Evidence of a criminal or wrongful act apart from the act that at issue at trial Is not barred by the prohibition against circumstantial use of character if intent, knowledge, mistake, or accident is a legally-material factual issue, the opposing party suggests the non-existence of knowledge or urges mistake or accident as a defense, and evidence of another crime, wrong, or act is offered to prove the knowledge or the absence of mistake or accident by a criminal defendant or other person.

Columbia & Puget Sound R.R. v. Hawthorne, 144 U.S. 202, 206 (1892) (reversing judgment and ordering new trial in plaintiff's personal injury action in which the district court admitted evidence of changes in the machinery after the accident, on ground that "the taking of such precautions against the...A subsequent remedial measure is not admissible to prove negligence, culpable conduct, a defect in the product or its design, or a need for warning or instruction.