{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-8-21","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-21","heading":"Microfilming of records.","body":"The secretary of state may photograph, micro-photograph, film, or otherwise reproduce all or any part of the records kept by the secretary in a manner and on film or paper that complies with the minimum standards of quality approved for reproducing records by the American National Standards Institute, and all these photographs, micro-photographs, films, or other reproductions shall be placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for examining and using them. The original records, from which such photographs, micro-photographs, non-erasable optical disks, films, or other reproductions have been made, or any part thereof, may be put in storage anywhere in this state for safe keeping, and any photograph, micro-photograph, optical disk or photocopy or other reproduction thereof shall be admissible as evidence, the same as the original is now; provided, that such copies meet the standards established pursuant to § 38-3-5.1.","path":["Title 42 State Affairs and Government","Chapter 8 Department of State"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE42/42-8/42-8-21.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:40Z","sha256":"3468b846665b2267fd497bd390733c852559b1654621320f1c9c03e2beef9aed","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-8-20","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-8-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}