Rule 10.851 Court indexes-automated maintenance
Trial Court Records Management
Rule Text
(a) Authorized media
The clerk of each trial court may create, maintain, update, and make accessible the indexes required by law by photographic, microphotographic, photocopy, mechanical, magnetic, or electronic means. The clerk must make provision for preserving the information on a medium that will ensure its permanence and protect it from loss or damage arising from electronic failure or mechanical defect.
(b) Alphabetic index
A single alphabetic index may be maintained so long as the plaintiff-defendant distinction is retained.
(c) Public access
The indexes maintained under automated procedures must be accessible for public examination and use.
Rule 10.851 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1010 effective January 1, 1975; renumbered as rule 999 effective January 1, 2003; amended and renumbered as rule 6.751 effective January 1, 2001.