§17-13-77. Registration lists to be furnished upon request.  


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  • The judge of probate of any county, upon the application of either party to any contest or his or her agent or attorney, shall deliver to the party, agent, or attorney a certified copy of the registration list of the county or for any election district, ward, or precinct therein, upon payment of the fees for certifying and copying the same at the rate of one dollar ($1) per page in making such copy. Such copies, duly certified, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein; namely, copies of the registration lists that the persons named therein were duly registered. Any chair of any committee or other authority or person in whose possession, control, or custody there is any list of persons voting at the primary election or any other paper lawfully pertaining to the primary election, shall furnish a copy thereof for any state, county, district, ward, or precinct, duly certified by him or her, whenever required in writing by either party to a contest or his or her agent or attorney, upon the applicant's paying in advance the reasonable cost of preparing such copy, and such duly certified copies shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matter indicated or recited therein.

(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §377; §17-16-77; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)