Pennsylvania Statutes Title 8 Pa.C.S.A. Boroughs and Incorporated Towns § 1009. Typewritten, printed, photocopied, microfilmed and electronically or digitally stored records valid and recording or transcribing records

(a) Validity.--All borough records required to be recorded or transcribed shall be deemed valid if typewritten, printed, photocopied, microfilmed or electronically or digitally stored or retained by any other process that accurately reproduces the original and forms a durable medium for recording, storing and reproducing in accordance 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 digital, photostatic, photographic, microfilm or other process, and the admissibility and enlargements in evidence; providing for the storage of duplicates and sale of microfilm and digital copies of official records and for the destruction of other records deemed valueless; and providing for the services of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to political subdivisions.”

(b) Requirements.--If recording or transcribing in a specified book of record is required, including minutes of the proceedings of the council, the records shall be recorded or transcribed as follows:

(c) Previously recorded documents.--All records previously recorded or transcribed in any manner authorized by this part at the time the records were recorded or transcribed are validated.