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All town records, required to be recorded or transcribed, shall be deemed valid if typewritten, printed, photostated or microfilmed, and where recording in a specified book of record is required, except minutes of the proceedings of the council, such records may be recorded or transcribed in a mechanical or key-operated post binder book, or bound book with pages being consecutively numbered by transcribing directly upon the pages of such book of record or may be attached to such book of record by stapling or by glue or any other adhesive substance or material, and all records heretofore recorded or transcribed in any manner authorized by this section are validated. The minutes of proceedings of the council shall, in the manner prescribed by this section for other records, be recorded in a bound book. When any record shall be recorded or transcribed after the effective date of this act by attaching such record or a copy thereof to the book of record as hereinabove provided, the town seal shall be impressed upon each page to which such record is attached, each impression thereof covering both a portion of the attached record and a portion of the page of the book of record to which such record is attached.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 53652. Typewritten, printed, photostated and microfilmed records valid; recording or transcribing records - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-53652/
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