2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §41-1348  Production and reproduction of records by agencies of the state and political subdivisions; admissibility; violation; classification

A. Each agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions may implement a program for the production or reproduction by photography or other method of reproduction on film or electronic media of records in its custody, whether obsolete or current, and classify, catalogue and index such records for convenient reference. The agency, prior to the institution of any such program of production or reproduction, shall obtain approval from the director of the types of records to be produced or reproduced and of the methods of production, reproduction and storage and the equipment which the agency proposes to use in connection with the production, reproduction and storage.

B. Except as otherwise provided by law, records reproduced as provided in subsection A of this section are admissible in evidence.

C. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to permit destruction of current original affidavits of registration as that term is used in section 16-163.

D. A head of an agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.