A copy of any record destroyed or disposed of as authorized pursuant to this subchapter, or a certified copy thereof, if produced in accordance with section 4323 (relating to form of recordation) shall be admissible in evidence in any matter, and shall have the same force and effect as though the original record had been produced and proved. It shall be the duty of the person who would have had custody of the original record, had it not been destroyed pursuant to law, to prepare enlarged, typed or photographic copies of such reproduced records whenever their production is required.
(July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days)
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records
Section 4301 - Establishment and maintenance of judicial records
Section 4302 - Effect of records as notice
Section 4303 - Effect of judgments and orders as liens
Section 4304 - Notice of Federal pending actions
Section 4305 - Federal judgments as liens
Section 4306 - Enforcement of foreign judgments
Section 4321 - Record retention schedules
Section 4322 - Destruction and disposition of obsolete records
Section 4323 - Form of recordation
Section 4324 - Copies of destroyed records
Section 4325 - Duplicate permanent records
Section 4326 - Original records meriting special care
Section 4327 - Transfer of custody to local museum upon application