228.03 Copy to be deemed to be original record.
(1) A photographic reproduction of an original document, court order, plat, paper, written instrument, writing, record, book of record, file, or other material, or a copy of material generated from optical disc or electronic storage of the original material, bearing upon or pertinent to the activities and functions of any county office, department, agency, board, commission, court, or institution, in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, is deemed to be an original for all purposes, if it meets the applicable standards established in ss. 16.61 and 16.612.
(2) Any photographic reproduction of an original record meeting the standards prescribed in s. 16.61 (7) or copy of a record generated from an original record stored in optical disc or electronic format in compliance with ss. 16.61 and 16.612 shall be taken as, stand in lieu of, and have all of the effect of the original record and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and all other tribunals or agencies, administrative or otherwise, in all cases where the original document is admissible. A transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of such a reproduction of an original record, or certified copy of a record generated from an original record stored in optical disc or electronic format, for the purposes specified in this subsection, is deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of the original. The custodian of a photographic reproduction shall place the reproduction or optical disc in conveniently accessible storage and shall make provision for preserving, examining, and using the reproduction of the record or generating a copy of the record from optical disc or electronic storage. An enlarged copy of a photographic reproduction of a record made in accordance with the standards specified in s. 16.61 (7) or an enlarged copy of a record generated from an original record stored in optical disc or electronic format in compliance with ss. 16.61 and 16.612 that is certified by the custodian as provided in s. 889.18 (2) has the same effect as an actual-size copy.
History: 1985 a. 180; 1993 a. 172; 1995 a. 27; 2015 a. 196; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
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