(a) It shall be the duty of the clerks of the circuit courts of this state, whenever an arrest has been made of any person against whom an indictment has been found by the grand jury, properly returned, to record the indictment, with the entries thereon, in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose.(b) In all cases where an indictment may be lost or destroyed, or where the indictment cannot be found, a copy of the record thereof, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, duly certified by the clerk under his or her hand and the seal of the court, shall be taken and used for all purposes in any of the courts of this state the same as the original indictment.Acts 1881, No. 58, §§ 1, 2, p. 106; C. & M. Dig., §§ 3034, 3035; Pope's Dig., §§ 3858, 3859; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 43-1029, 43-1030.
Arkansas Legal Code