# Lack of Authentication Objection

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RssAZbpAdTvtzgbHYQtB6a

## Labels

**Preferred Label:** Unauthenticated Evidence Objection

**Alternative Labels:**

- Foundational Authentication Objection
- Insufficient Authentication Objection
- Lack of Authenticity Objection

## Definition

A Lack of Authentication Objection is raised when a party attempts to introduce evidence without providing sufficient proof that the evidence is genuine and authentic. This objection asserts that the party offering the evidence has not met the necessary burden to establish that the evidence is what it purports to be.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RoABbJ9kEFzmBvBSGmbAyq

**Deprecated:** False

**Source:** Fed. R. Evid. 902