A. The district attorney is hereby authorized to destroy all or a portion of his or her office records and files relating to:
1. Any felony case or record relating to a felony investigation except where a homicide is involved, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney shall digitize or provide computer storage for such felony cases;
2. Any misdemeanor or traffic case or record relating to a misdemeanor or traffic investigation, provided a period of five (5) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may digitize or provide computer storage for such misdemeanor or traffic cases to be destroyed;
3. Any juvenile case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may digitize or provide computer storage for such juvenile case to be destroyed; and
4. Any civil case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may digitize or provide computer storage for such civil case to be destroyed.
B. The district attorney is authorized to reproduce a copy of such record, file or case stored digitally or in computer storage as provided in this section and such copy or computer-generated image or record may be used by the district attorney in lieu of the destroyed record, file or case, for all purposes.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 264, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. July 23, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2013, c. 305, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 22, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
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