KRS 422.200: Papers in suit lost -- How supplied.

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.