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U.S. Code > Title 28 > Part V > Chapter 115 > § 1733 - Government records and papers; copies

  (a) A lost or destroyed record of any proceeding in any court of
the United States may be supplied on application of any interested
party not at fault, by substituting a copy certified by the clerk
of any court in which an authentic copy is lodged.
  (b) Where a certified copy is not available, any interested
person not at fault may file in such court a verified application
for an order establishing the lost or destroyed record.
  Every other interested person shall be served personally with a
copy of the application and with notice of hearing on a day stated,
not less than sixty days after service. Service may be made on any
nonresident of the district anywhere within the jurisdiction of the
United States or in any foreign country.
  Proof of service in a foreign country shall be certified by a
minister or consul of the United States in such country, under his
official seal.
  If, after the hearing, the court is satisfied that the statements
contained in the application are true, it shall enter an order
reciting the substance and effect of the lost or destroyed record.
Such order, subject to intervening rights of third persons, shall
have the same effect as the original record.

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