20-365


Chapter 20.--COURTS


Article 3.--DISTRICT COURTS

     
20-365.   Clerks of district courts; use of facsimile
signature.

Records and judicial proceedings requiring the attestation
of the clerk of the district court may, upon order of the
chief
judge of such court, be authenticated by the clerk by the use of a
facsimile signature in lieu of the clerk's manual signature. The facsimile
signature shall be a reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or
other means of the manual signature of the clerk. The clerk shall file with
the secretary of state such clerk's manual signature and facsimile
signature certified by such clerk under oath. Upon compliance with these
provisions by the clerk, such clerk's facsimile signature has the same legal
effect as such clerk's manual signature.

     
History:   L. 1988, ch. 110, § 1;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 25; July 1.