16-21-7. Certification and authentication of court record.A court document may be certified as an official copy only if the original document is on file with the court. In addition to manually certifying documents with a handwritten signature, any custodian of a court document may also use an electronic signature and seal to certify or authenticate documents that are in electronic format. A raised seal on the copy from the issuing court shall not be required. Source: SL 2012, ch 255, §7 (Supreme Court Rule 12-01), eff. Feb. 21, 2012.
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