Introduction Private organizations and government agencies throughout the world use records as a basic business tool. Records serve as an instrument of management, document business transactions, show compliance with statutes and regulations, and provide the recorded history of an organization.
Computers raise new legal questions about the creation and management of records.
These questions must be answered by agency officials so that the use of new information technologies complies with the legal records requirements of the organization. The most important feature of a record keeping system is to support good management but, without the appropriate records, an organization can be fined or penalized, lose rights, or experience adverse judgments or administrative decisions. Legal Admissibility of Records Alabama's rules of court procedure and codified laws establish the criteria records must meet to be admissible in court as evidence. The text of these requirements is included at the end of this leaflet. The records are the result of business transactions of the agency in carrying out its work.