31-08.1 Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 31-08.1UNIFORM PRESERVATION OF PRIVATE BUSINESS RECORDS ACT31-08.1-01. Definitions. As used in this chapter:1."Business" includes every kind of private business, profession, occupation, calling,
or operation of a private institution, whether for profit or nonprofit.2."Record" or "business record" includes any book of account, voucher, document,
canceled check, payroll, correspondence, record of sales, personnel, equipment
production, report relating to any of these items, and any other business paper.3."Reproduction" means a reproduction or durable medium for making a reproduction
obtainedbyany photographic, photostatic, microfilm,microcard, miniaturephotographic, or other process that accurately reproduces or forms a durable
medium for reproducing the original.31-08.1-02. Period of preservation. Unless a specific period is designated by law forpreservation, any business record that state law requires a person to keep or preserve may be
destroyed after the expiration of three years from the making of the record without constituting an
offense under state law. This section does not apply to any minute book of any corporation or to
any record of sales or other transactions involving a weapon, poison, or other dangerous article
or substance capable of use in the commission of a crime.31-08.1-03.Preservation of reproductions.If in the course of regular business aperson makes a reproduction of an original business record, the preservation of the reproduction
constitutes compliance with any state law requiring that a business record be kept or preserved.31-08.1-04. Destruction of records by state officers. This chapter does not diminishthe authority of an officer of this state under existing law to permit the destruction of any business
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