Gov. Code, § 26810 · Article 1. Duties
Gov. Code, § 26810
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The clerk of the superior court may cause the following documents to be photographed, microphotographed, photocopied, electronically imaged, or otherwise reproduced on film and stored in that form:
(1) A document transferred to the clerk under Section 732 of the Probate Code.
(2) A will delivered to the clerk of the superior court under Section 8200 of the Probate Code if the clerk has held the will for at least 10 years.
(b) The photograph, microphotograph, photocopy, or electronic image shall be made in a manner that meets the minimum standards or guidelines recommended by the American National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image Management. All these photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be indexed, and shall be stored in a manner and place that reasonably assures their preservation indefinitely against loss, theft, defacement, or destruction.
(c) Before proof of death of the maker of a document or will referred to in subdivision (a), the photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be confidential, and shall be made available only to the maker. After proof of death of the maker of the document or will by a certified copy of the death certificate, the photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be public records.
(d) Section 26809 does not apply to a will or other document referred to in subdivision (a), or to the reproduction authorized by this section.
(e) Upon making the reproduction authorized by this section, the clerk of the superior court may destroy the original document.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.
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