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14-5-5. Return of public record.

If the recipient of the public officer's letter complies with the demand and produces the document or documents, the public officer:   

A.     shall determine if the document produced is a missing record or a copy of a missing record; and   

B.     then shall duplicate the document and return the private party's document to him if it is a copy, or if it is the original public record, give the private party a copy and keep the original public record.