ORS 192.050: Copying records; evidentiary effect.

A state agency or political subdivision may, with the approval of the proper budgetary authority, cause any public records in its official custody to be photocopied or captured by digital imaging system, as in the case of original filings or recordings, or recorded by audio or video technology. Each photocopy, digital image, audio recording and video recording shall be made in accordance with the appropriate standard as determined by the State Archivist. Every such reproduction shall be deemed an original; and a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of any such reproduction shall be deemed a transcript, exemplification or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original.