Ohio § 1112.19

§ 1112.19.

(A) A family trust company may, for any business purpose, retain a document, paper, or

other instrument.  A family trust company may record by use of a process to record, copy, photograph,

or store a representation of the original document, paper, or other instrument or

record if all of the following apply: (1) The process correctly and accurately copies or reproduces, or provides a means for

correctly and accurately copying or reproducing, the original document, paper, or

other instrument or record with regard to both its substance and appearance, except

the copy or reproduction need not reflect the original paper or other medium, size,

or color, unless the medium, size, or color is necessary to establish the authenticity

of the original. (2) The process does not permit the recording, copy, photographic image, or stored representation

of the original document, paper, or other instrument or record to be altered or manipulated. (3) Any medium the process uses to record, copy, photograph, or store a representation

of the original document, paper, or other instrument or record is a durable medium

for retaining and reproducing records. (B) The superintendent of financial institutions shall identify and publish a list of

processes that satisfy the conditions of division (A) of this section. (C) Each family trust company that uses a process authorized by this section to preserve

any of its records shall also provide for safekeeping and for examining, viewing,

or projecting the records preserved, and for producing reproductions of the original

records.