§ 19-7-12 Photographic copies of business and public records

19-7-12. Photographic copies of business and public records

    If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.

    This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact or adopt it.

    This section may be cited as the Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.

    UNIFORM PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS AS EVIDENCE ACT (1949)

    For text of Uniform Act, and variation notes and annotation materials for adopting jurisdictions, see Uniform Laws
Annotated, Master Edition, Volume 14.

Table of Jurisdictions Wherein Act Has Been Adopted

    Jurisdiction                     Laws                                  Effective Date                                              Statutory Citation

    Alabama               1951, p. 232                           5-21-1951 [FN*]                       Code 1975, §§ 12-21-44, 41-13-40.

    Arkansas              1953, Act 64                           2-13-1953                                 A.C.A. § 16-46-101.

    California             1951, c. 346                           9-22-1951                           West's Ann.Cal.Evidence Code §§ 1550, 1551.

    Colorado             1955, c. 138                           2-10-1955                           West's C.R.S.A. §§ 13-26-101 to 13-26-104.

    Connecticut                                                                                                        C.G.S.A. § 52-180.

    Georgia                1950, p. 73                             2-7-1950 [FN*]                   O.C.G.A. § 24-5-26.

    Idaho                   1951, c. 173                           7-1-1951                               I.C. §§ 9-417 to 9-419.

    Iowa                    1951, c.                                    214 2-19-1951 [FN*]          I.C.A. § 622.30.

    Kansas               1963, c.                                   303 1-1-1964                       K.S.A. 60-469.

    Maine                  1955, c.                                   264 8-20-1955                    16 M.R.S.A. § 456.

    Maryland             1951, c.                                   77 6-1-1951                  Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 10-102.

    Massachusetts 1965, c.                                   661 8-30-1965 [FN*]         M.G.L.A. c. 233, § 79E.

    Michigan              1961, No. 236                      1-1-1963                              M.C.L.A. § 600.2147.

    Minnesota           1951, c. 125                           3-24-1951 [FN*]                M.S.A. § 600.135.

    Nebraska            1951, c. 56                             5-5-1951 [FN*]                   R.R.S.1943, §§ 25-12,112 to 25-12,114.

    New Jersey         1951, c. 266                           6-22-1951 [FN*]                 N.J.S.A. 2A:82-38 to 2A:82-40.

    New York              1952, c. 791                           9-1-1952                             McKinney's CPLR 4539.

    North Carolina     1951, c. 262                          7-1-1951                            G.S. §§ 8-45.1 to 8-45.4.

    North Dakota         1951, c. 216                         1-31-1951 [FN*]                 NDCC 31-08-01.1.

    Pennsylvania          1951, p. 1458                     9-26-1951 [FN*]                 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109.

    South Carolina       1978, Act 552                      6-30-1978 Code                1976, § 19-5-610.

    South Dakota          Supreme Court                  7-1-1950                                SDCL 19-7-12.
                                     Order No. 1, 1950

    Utah                         1951, c. 58                           3-19-1951 [FN*]                  U.C.A.1953, 78B-5-615.

    Vermont                  1953, No. 138                      4-22-1953 [FN*]                    12 V.S.A. § 1701.

    Virgin Islands        1957, Act 160                       9-1-1957 [FN*]                     5 V.I.C. § 956.

    Virginia                   1950, c. 332                          4-5-1950 [FN*]                     Code 1950, § 8.01-391.

    Washington           1953, c. 273                         3-23-1953 [FN*]                     West's RCWA 5.46.010 to 5.46.920.

    West Virginia          1957, c. 87                          2-27-1957 [FN*]                     Code, 57-1-7b.

    Wisconsin              1951, c. 284                        6-4-1951 [FN*]                        W.S.A. 889.29.

    [FN*] Date of approval.