§  1.360   Proof of lack of record.

   The absence of an official record or entry of a specified tenor in an
   official record may be evidenced by a written statement signed by an
   officer, or by his deputy, who would have custody of the official
   record, if it existed, that after diligent search no record or entry of
   a specified tenor is found to exist in the records of his office,
   accompanied by a certificate as provided in § 1.359. Such statement and
   certificate are admissible as evidence that the records of his office
   contain no such record or entry.