Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.201
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Sec. 1.
A reproduction of a record or paper in the files of the department of state police, made in a medium pursuant to the records media act, or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium, certified as a true reproduction by the director of the department of state police, is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as the original. A statement, similarly certified as true by the director of the department of state police, that no record or paper is in the files of the department of state police with respect to a particular matter is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as testimony to that effect by a member or employee of the department of state police.
History: 1939, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1941, Act 42, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 28.201; Am. 1992, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
A reproduction of a record or paper in the files of the department of state police, made in a medium pursuant to the records media act, or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium, certified as a true reproduction by the director of the department of state police, is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as the original. A statement, similarly certified as true by the director of the department of state police, that no record or paper is in the files of the department of state police with respect to a particular matter is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as testimony to that effect by a member or employee of the department of state police.
History: 1939, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1941, Act 42, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 28.201; Am. 1992, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
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