Rule 100 - Court Organization
Rule 100.4.2 - Reproduction and Preservation of Court Records Other Than Files and Their Contents
1. By appropriate order of the Court en banc, all books and records of the Court other than circuit court files and their contents kept in the office of the Court Administrator may be reproduced by microphotograph or other comparable process. (Sec. 109.090 R.S.Mo). Such order shall describe the records to be reproduced with specificity and a copy of such order shall be retained in the office of the Court Administrator and shall constitute an index of the records affected.
2. After such books or records have been reproduced as ordered, the Presiding Judge, as may be authorized by the Court en banc, shall examine them and if such be his findings, shall make an order on the records of the Court that the reproductions are correct to the end that the same faith and credit may be given to such reproductions that the original books or records so transcribed were entitled to. (Sec. 109.100 and Sec. 109.110 RSMo).
3. The microphotographing of the books and records shall be stored and indexed in such a manner as to insure ready retrieval for their customary use, and to preserve them.
4. The original books and records so reproduced, shall be stored and preserved in a safe place, and in such manner as to ensure their ready retrieval. Under no circumstances may their destruction be designed or affected.
5. A convenient area equipped with suitable viewing apparatus shall be designated and set aside in the office of the Court Administrator of Jackson County for viewing such books and records.
12/19/80