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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 04 Judiciary
Chapter 17 CLERKS OF COURT; COURT AND OTHER RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS
§ 659 Preservation of court records


4 V.S.A. § 659. What's This?

§ 659. Preservation of court records

(a) The supreme court by administrative order may provide for permanent preservation of all court records by any photographic or electronic process which will provide compact records in reduced size, in accordance with standards established by the secretary of state which take into account the quality and security of the records, and ready access to the record of any cause so recorded.

(b) After preservation in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the supreme court by administrative order may provide for the disposition of original court records by destruction or in cases where the original court record may have historical or intrinsic value by transfer to the archives of the secretary of state, the Vermont historical society, or the University of Vermont. (Added 1975, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 7, 1976; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 41.)

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