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Rule 106
General and Administrative

Court Records

(a) No file or record of the court shall be permitted to be outside of the physical possession and control of the clerk or judge except on the signed receipt of an attorney or of an abstracter, and subject to being returned immediately upon request. No file or record shall be taken outside of the county of the clerk's office except with the knowledge and consent of the clerk or by order of the judge.
(b) Court services officer files, including but not limited to case notes, are confidential and are not subject to subpoena or other process and shall not be disclosed to anyone other than to the judge or court personnel assigned to the case or to others entitled by law to receive reports unless or until otherwise ordered by a judge of that judicial district. Orders for production of drug and alcohol information shall comply with procedures set forth in 42 C.F.R. Part 2.

[History: Am. effective September 8, 2006; Am. (b) effective August 28, 2008.]