524.215A  Preservation of division of banking records.
  1.  The division of banking may preserve records, papers, or documents kept by the division or in the possession or custody of the division by any of the following means:
  a.  Photographing or microphotographing, or otherwise reproducing upon film.
  b.  Preserving in any electronic medium or format capable of being read or scanned by computer and capable of being reproduced by printing or by any other form of reproduction of electronically stored data.
  2.  Photographs, microphotographs, or photographic films or copies thereof, or reproductions of electronically stored data, created pursuant to subsection 1 shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, including introduction in evidence in all state and federal courts or administrative hearings, and shall be admissible to prove any act, transaction, occurrence, or event therein recorded.
  3.  Photographs, microphotographs, or photographic films or copies thereof, or reproductions of electronically stored data, created pursuant to subsection 1 shall be preserved in such manner as the division prescribes, and the original photographs, microphotographs, photographic films, copies, and reproductions may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the division directs.
  4.  The division of banking may adopt a record retention policy authorizing the division to destroy communications received by electronic mail that are more than six months old.
2007 Acts, ch 170, §1
; 2010 Acts, ch 1028, §7