Vt. Stat. tit. 4 § 659

Current through L. 2024, c. 142.
Section 659 - Preservation of court records
(a) The Supreme Court by administrative order may provide for permanent preservation of all court records by any photographic or electronic or comparable process in accordance with standards that shall be no less protective of the records than the standards established by the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration programs that take into account the quality and security of the records and ready access to the record of any cause so recorded.
(b) After preservation in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the Supreme Court by administrative order may provide for the disposition of original court records by destruction or, in cases where the original court record may have historical or intrinsic value, by transfer to the archives of the Secretary of State.

4 V.S.A. § 659

Added 1975, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), eff. 4/7/1976; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.) , §§ 4(c)(2), eff. 5/6/1996; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.) , §§ 7; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 41; 2013, No. 67 , §§ 6.