28 U.S.C. § 1732 : US Code - Section 1732: Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies

Search 28 U.S.C. § 1732 : US Code - Section 1732: Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies

If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling,
or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of
business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing,
entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act,
transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of
business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied,
or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-
card, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately
reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the
original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of
business unless its preservation is required by law. Such
reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative
proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an
enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise
admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence
and available for inspection under direction of court. The
introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does
not preclude admission of the original. This subsection (!1) shall
not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy
thereof which is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence.