Copies of official bonds or other instruments or papers, required to be kept by any officer of this state and transcripts from the books and proceedings required to be kept by any sworn officer of the state are presumptive evidence in any case and have the same effect as if the original were produced and proved, upon the certificate of the custodian thereof that it is a true copy of the original.
Ala. Code § 12-21-104 (1975)