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Section 41-13-40 - Photographing or microphotographing of records, books, files, etc.; admissibility in evidence, etc., of photographs, microfilms, etc.

AL Code § 41-13-40 (2019) (N/A)
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The head of any office, court, commission, board, institution, department or agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof may cause any record, document, plat, court file, book, map, paper, or writing made, acquired or received as required by law to be photographed or microphotographed on plate or film. Such photographs, microfilms or prints made therefrom, when duly authenticated by the custodian thereof, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record or of a record made by any other legally authorized means and may be offered in like manner and shall be received in evidence in any court where such original record or record made by other legally authorized means could have been so introduced and received; provided, that the provisions of this article shall not apply to the State Department of Human Resources, the State Health Department, the State Board of Health, the state Department of Labor or to any other office, court, commission, board, institution, department or agency of the state which is otherwise authorized by law to provide for the photographing or microphotographing of its records.

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Section 41-13-40 - Photographing or microphotographing of records, books, files, etc.; admissibility in evidence, etc., of photographs, microfilms, etc.