§ 9-18-3 — Admissibility in evidence of copies and transcripts of municipal records--Prima facie evidence.

Copies of all papers filed in the office of the auditor or clerk and transcripts of all records of the governing body certified by him under the corporate seal are admissible in evidence the same as the originals thereof. Such original papers or records or such copies or transcripts thereof are prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Legislative History

SL 1890, ch 37, art VII, § 1; SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 14; RPolC 1903, §§ 1244, 1302; SL 1913, ch 119, § 65; RC 1919, §§ 6285, 6355; SDC 1939, § 45.0113.