{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-20-26","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-20-26","heading":"Substitution of Lost, Etc., Papers or Records in Civil Cases - Inherent Power of Courts.","body":"All courts have the inherent power, if original papers or records pertaining to matters of civil jurisdiction or to civil actions which are pending or which have been determined are lost, mislaid, destroyed or mutilated, to cause a substitution thereof, and the substituted paper or record is of equal validity with the original.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 20 Judicial and Other Public Records.","Article 2 Judicial Records."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-20-26","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"95710a699c9d133a43b0a2ef6326291320accf9f45d455805ab654cd9e5b8b71","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-20-25","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-20-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}