The original pleadings, motions or other papers in civil actions, the original process issued thereon and all affidavits and bonds taken in a court may be used and, if so used, shall stand as the final record. If said original pleadings, motions or other papers, process, affidavits or bonds should be lost, mislaid, destroyed or mutilated, a copy of such shall stand in the place and have the force and effect of the original.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 20 - Judicial and Other Public Records.
Section 12-20-21 - Copying of Orders, etc., Into Final Record Not Required.
Section 12-20-22 - Original Pleadings, etc., or Copies Thereof Final Record in Civil Actions.
Section 12-20-23 - Preserving Judgment Records of Abolished Inferior Courts of Record.
Section 12-20-24 - Removal of Court Records or Papers.
Section 12-20-25 - Taking File in Pending Action From Office of Clerk, Etc.