Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 13004.1. Recording, copying and storing of records; admissibility of copies

Records may be recorded, copied or recopied in conformance with the act of May 9, 1949 (P.L. 908, No. 250),  1 entitled “An act relating to public records of political subdivisions other than cities and counties of the first class; authorizing the recording and copying of documents, plats, papers and instruments of writing by photostatic, photographic, microfilm or other mechanical process, and the admissibility thereof and enlargements thereof in evidence; providing for the storage of duplicates and sale of microfilm copies of official records and for the destruction of other records deemed valueless; and providing for the services of the Department of Property and Supplies to political subdivisions,” and applicable policies, standards and procedures adopted by the committee. In the event of any such destruction or other disposition of any public records under the provisions of this section, the copy shall be receivable in evidence in any court or proceeding and shall have the same force and effect as though the original public record had been there produced and proved.