MCL - Section 600.2137

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Chapter 600
Act 236 of 1961
236-1961-21
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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961


600.2137 Reproduction or copy admissible in evidence.

Sec. 2137.

    A reproduction in a medium under the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium is admissible as evidence before a court, commission, or administrative body the same as the original and has the same force and effect as the original would have had and shall be treated as an original for the purpose of admissibility in evidence. A certified or authenticated copy of the reproduction shall be admitted into evidence equally with the original reproduction. This section only applies to records filed with the court and maintained by the court clerk or register.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 244, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Sept. 4, 1975 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 76, Imd. Eff. July 24, 2001 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2013
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of department of history, arts, and libraries regarding state archives program to department of natural resources, see E.R.O. No. 2009-26, compiled at MCL 399.752.For the transfer of powers and duties related to the state archives program from the department of natural resources to the department of technology, management and budget, see E.R.O. 2023-2, compiled at MCL 388.1283.