§ 13-26-102 — Business and public records as evidence

If any business,
institution, or member of a profession or calling or any department or agency of
government in the regular course of business or activity keeps or records any
memorandum, writing, entry, print, or representation, or combination thereof, of any
act, transaction, occurrence, or event and in the regular course of business has
caused any of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic,
photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk, or other
form of mass storage, electronic imaging, electronic data processing, electronically
transmitted facsimile, printout, or other reproduction of electronically stored data,
or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for
reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of
business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is
required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible
in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether
the original is in existence or not, and an enlargement or facsimile of such
reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in
existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a
reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the
original. This shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or
copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence.

Legislative History

Source: L. 55: p. 373, � 1. CRS 53: � 52-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 52-2-1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 454, � 1, effective July 1.