Admissibility of electronic documents: computer printouts and reproductions deemed documents if statutory production conditions satisfied. Microfilm reproductions, facsimile copies, computer printouts and electronically stored information are deemed documents and admissible without the original if conditions for computer printouts are met: printout produced during a period of regular computer use by the person in lawful control; relevant information was regularly supplied in the ordinary course of activities; the computer operated properly or defects did not affect production or accuracy; and the printout's information was reproduced or derived from such supplied information. Multiple machines used in succession are treated as a single computer, and a certificate by a responsible official is evidence of these matters.
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Admissibility of electronic documents: computer printouts and reproductions deemed documents if statutory production conditions satisfied.
Microfilm reproductions, facsimile copies, computer printouts and electronically stored information are deemed documents and admissible without the original if conditions for computer printouts are met: printout produced during a period of regular computer use by the person in lawful control; relevant information was regularly supplied in the ordinary course of activities; the computer operated properly or defects did not affect production or accuracy; and the printout's information was reproduced or derived from such supplied information. Multiple machines used in succession are treated as a single computer, and a certificate by a responsible official is evidence of these matters.
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