Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 422.200 (2026)

Papers in suit lost -- How supplied

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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. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 425, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1643.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1953–2018 · leading case: Zewoldi v. Transit Auth. of River City, 553 S.W.3d 841 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018).
Zewoldi v. Transit Auth. of River City, 553 S.W.3d 841 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Regarding Zewoldi's medical records, he specifically argues that because they contain statements for diagnosis, and further because such medical records are kept in the regular course of business for University of Louisville Hospital, then the medical records are…”
C.W. Hoskins Heirs v. Boggs, 242 S.W.3d 320 (Ky. 2007). “Although we express no opinion on the admissibility of the alleged May 16, 1901 deposition of Silas Boggs for reasons that the trial court has not had a chance to address its’ authenticity and trustworthiness, KRS 422.200, 422.240, and 422.250, see also Mayo v.”
Smith v. Louisville Trust Co., 262 S.W.2d 479 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “The court overruled the objections and entered an order which confirmed the report of the commissioner and found that the supplied papers were “true, correct, and authentic copies” of the missing originals. On this appeal from the order, by Mrs.”
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