When any papers in any suit pending or decided in any court have been lost, destroyed, defaced, or obliterated, and there is in existence an attested copy thereof, such copy may be filed in the office where such papers belong in lieu of the originals, and shall be prima facie evidence of the contents of the originals, and may be used as such originals could have been in all after proceedings in the suits to which the original papers belonged. The party whose rights or interests are affected by the filing of such copies shall be notified thereof, and may, upon notice to the adverse party or his attorney, move to strike such copies from the files, and the court shall, if justice requires, strike them from the files of the court.
KRS 422.200
Papers in suit lost -- How supplied
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Smith v. Louisville Trust Co. (1953)
Most recently applied in Zewoldi v. Transit Auth. of River City (May 2018)
Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra
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