Chapter X · General Provisions

Rule 55. Records and exhibits

Amended 2025 (current)

(a) Generally; sealed records. The Court shall keep records in criminal proceedings in such form as the Court may prescribe. No record shall be kept under seal except as provided by statute or these Rules, or by order of the Court for good cause.

(b) Case numbers; docket entries. The Court shall keep a record of all criminal cases and shall assign each a consecutive identification number.

(c) Custody. The clerk shall have custody of the records and papers of the Court and shall not permit any original record, paper or exhibit to be taken from the Court except at the direction of the Court or as provided by statute, by these Rules or by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

(d) Omitted.

(e) Omitted.

(f) Statistics. The clerk shall keep such judicial statistics as the Court may direct.