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HB 113 Retention of case records; electronic format.

Introduced by: Joseph C. Lindsey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Retention of case records; electronic format. Allows the clerk of a district court to destroy the papers, records, and documents in all cases after three years if such papers, records, and documents have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Under current law, records for certain misdemeanors cannot be destroyed regardless of whether they have been preserved electronically.


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