12-120.09. Duties of clerk; records; certified copies

A. The clerk of each division shall:

1. Issue writs and processes of the court.

2. Enter, under the direction of the court, all orders, judgments and decrees required to be entered, the title of each action, the date of filing it in the court of appeals, and a memorandum of all subsequent proceedings, with the date and the fees charged.

3. Keep such other records and perform such other duties as required by law or the court.

B. The clerk shall furnish a certified copy of any record or proceeding of the court on receiving the fee for the copy, except that no fee shall be required from state or other public officers whose duties require such certified copy.

C. The clerk of each division of the court of appeals may destroy or provide for the destruction of all documents, records, instruments, books, papers, depositions, exhibits and transcripts in any action or proceeding in the court of appeals, or otherwise filed or deposited in the clerk's custody pursuant to rules established by the supreme court.

D. A photographic or electronic reproduction or image of any of the records described in this section, which has been certified by the person in charge of such reproduction as being an exact replica of the original, shall be received in evidence in all courts, and in hearings before any officer, board or commission having jurisdiction or authority to conduct such hearings, in like manner as the original.

E. The clerk shall notify the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records of records designated for destruction pursuant to court rules. The state library, during the time prescribed by court rule, may review and inspect these records. During this time period, the state library may remove any of these records for storage and retrieval.