Section 454.539 - Admissibility of payment center records - certification by the director1. A copy of records of payments to and disbursements by the payment center, including but not limited to the records maintained in the automated child support system, or a circuit clerk, including but not limited to copies produced by electronic or optically scanned means, whether certified by the division, circuit clerk or an employee of the payment center, shall be admissible without further proof or foundation in any judicial or administrative proceeding as proof of credits and payments made to or by the payment center or circuit clerk. Records include, but are not limited to, records maintained in the automated child support system.2. The records shall be certified by the director, a circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center, and additional proof of the official character of the person certifying such record or the authenticity of his or her signature shall not be required. The director, circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center may certify payment and disbursement records contained or maintained in, or shown by, the automated child support system. The certification of the director, circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center shall certify payments or disbursements regardless of who made the entry of the payment or disbursement. Such records shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of support paid.L. 1999 S.B. 291
Effective 7/1/1999