§ 19-155.7v1 — County records - Photographing, digitizing,

Oklahoma § 19-155.7v1

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 19: Counties And County Officers

Text

photostating, reproducing on film or storing on optical disks. A. County officers may have any or all records kept by any county office photographed, digitized, photostated, reproduced on film or stored on optical disk. Such film or reproducing material shall be of durable material and the device used to reproduce such records on film or other material shall be such as to accurately reproduce and perpetuate the original records in all details. B. The photostatic copy, photograph, digital copy, photographic film or optical disk of the original records shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, and shall be admissible in evidence in all court or administrative agencies, or by the county for accounts payable and inventory. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes recited herein, be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original. C. Whenever such reproduced records shall be placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving, examining and using same, the county officer may certify those facts to the board of county commissioners. All such records shall be archived or disposed of according to the provisions of the Oklahoma State Statutes and any other such restrictions as may be applicable. D. The clerk of each county may elect to sign, accept, or receive documents using a digital signature system.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1991, c. 31, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 22, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2023, c. 137, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.