20-159.   Reproduction and preservation of courtrecords; minimum standards.The supreme court may provide for and authorize anychief judgeof a judicial district, to photograph, microphotograph or otherwisereproduce or tohave photographed, microphotographed or otherwise reproducedany of the courtrecords, papers or documents which are by law placed in the courts of thatjudicial district and to acquire necessary facilities and equipment andto acquire, maintain and use all such appropriate containers, filesand other methods asshall be necessary to accommodate and preserve the photographs,microphotographs,films or as otherwise reproduced. Thephotographing, microphotographing, filming or otherwisereproducing may be so authorized for the reproducing of court records, whereto do so willpromote efficiency in the office, or as a method of preserving old or wornrecords, papers or documents. The photographic films and prints orreproductionstherefrom, shall comply with federal standard no. 125a, dated April 24,1958, or the latest revision thereof, issued pursuant to the federal propertyand administrative services act of 1949, and amendments thereto. Thedevice used to reproduce such records on for any type ofstorage shall be one which accuratelyreproduces the original thereof in all details. The court may usereproduction methods which include the digital storage and retrieval ofofficial court records.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 104, § 1;L. 1998, ch. 112, § 3;L. 1999, ch. 57, § 11; July 1.