§ 16-25-27 — Admissibility in Evidence of Photo-Reproduced Copies of Records or Documents Maintained by System

Alabama § 16-25-27

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 16: Education
• Ch. 25: Teachers’ Retirement System
• Art. 1: General Provisions

Text

Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche or other photo reproductive material of archival quality by the Teachers’ Retirement System shall be admissible as primary evidence in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or action for the purpose of proving the truth of the contents of the photo-reproduced copies of such records or documents, regardless of any rule of evidence or law relating to the proof of such matters; provided, that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement System of Alabama shall certify on such copies offered into evidence that the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama is not in possession of the original and that the copy is a true and correct representation of the original.

Legislative History

(Acts 1975, No. 1105, p. 2181, §2.)