Changes to Existing Law

Sale or destruction of exhibits if not collected when judgment final--Retention of necessary copies--Fee. Whenever When the decision or judgment of the court has become becomes final, the clerk of courts shall give notice to the attorneys or parties of record by registered or certified mail that the exhibits in the possession of the clerk, if not collected within thirty days, shall will upon order of the court be destroyed or sold at sale under chapter 15-19. The clerk of courts shall give notice by electronic mail, if an electronic mail address is designated for service, or by first-class mail, if an electronic mail address is not designated. However, upon proper application to the court, the exhibit may be preserved as a part of the permanent record in the files. If an exhibit is a necessary part of the judgment or consists of a written instrument establishing the liability of a party against whom judgment has been rendered, the clerk shall retain a copy of it shall be made and retained by the clerk the exhibit and cancel the original canceled by endorsement across its the face of the original before being returned returning the exhibit to the person the court determines is entitled thereto as determined by the court to receive it. Unless the person entitled thereto as determined by the court shall furnish to receive the exhibit furnishes a true copy of such the exhibit, he the person shall pay the fee of the clerk for making such the copy. 21