NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 740

HOUSE BILL 656

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 8 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFIED COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FILED IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE TO THE SAME EFFECT AS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 8‑6 is hereby amended by striking from lines three and four of said Section the words and punctuation "certified by him as true copies, shall be as good evidence, in any court, as the original.", and inserting in lieu thereof, following the words and punctuation "Secretary of State," in line three, the following words:

"or in the Department of Archives and History, which copies, upon certification by the Secretary of State as to those records in his office, or the State Archivist as to those records in the Department of Archives and History, as true copies, shall be as good evidence, in any court, as the original."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 8‑7 is hereby amended by inserting following the words and punctuation "of State," in line five thereof, the words and punctuation "or in the Department of Archives and History,".

Sec. 3.  This Act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1961.