C.R.S. tit. 13, art. 26 — Uniform Photographic Records Act | Colorado Revised Statutes (2024 edition) — Colorado

C.R.S. § 13-26-101 Short title

13-26-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act".

C.R.S. § 13-26-102 Business and public records as evidence

13-26-102. Business and public records as evidence. If any business, institution, or member of a profession or calling or any department or agency of government in the regular course of business or activity keeps or records any memorandum, writing, entry, print, or representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event and in the regular course of business has caused any of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk, or other form of mass storage, electronic imaging, electronic data processing, electronically transmitted facsimile, printout, or other reproduction of electronically stored data, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or 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 shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence.

C.R.S. § 13-26-103 Records of trust departments or companies not excepted

13-26-103. Records of trust departments or companies not excepted. The records of the trust department of a bank or trust company are not such records as are excepted under the phrase "held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity" in section 13-26-102. The originals of such trust records may be reproduced at any time and destroyed at any time, if done in good faith and without wrongful intent. Neither the manner in which an original is destroyed, whether voluntarily or by casualty or otherwise, nor the fact that it may have been destroyed while it was held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity shall affect the admissibility of a reproduction.

C.R.S. § 13-26-104 Uniform construction

13-26-104. Uniform construction. This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.