Certain copies of business and public records admissible in evidence
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-08-01.1
in effect31-08-01.1. Certain copies of business and public records admissible in evidence
If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency
of government in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any
memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, of any act,
transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of
the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm,
microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk, or other process which accurately reproduces or
forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the
regular course of business 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 or not the original is in existence 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 the court. The introduction of a
reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original.
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