admitted into evidence. However, during any civil or criminal proceeding, the court may order
an attorney or a law enforcement agency to take possession of any exhibit(s) and be responsible
for the safekeeping of the exhibit(s).
Upon the entry of final judgment, the clerk of court may, at any time following the
expiration of thirty (30) days, notify the attorneys of record and the parties that the clerk of court
intends to dispose of the exhibits in the manner indicated in the notice. If no attorney of record
or a party in interest takes custody of or interposes an objection within fourteen (14) days of the
posting of the notice, the clerk of court shall be authorized to dispose of the exhibits in the
manner stated, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
In the event of an appeal in a case involving exhibits that could not be mailed to the
appellate court or stored in the clerk of court’s facilities, the court may, upon request of the clerk
of court, transfer custody of these exhibits to the attorney or law enforcement agency offering the
exhibit. Those exhibits not transmitted as part of the record on appeal should be retained and
safeguarded by the attorney to be made available for use by the appellate court upon request.
