Scanning of public and private documents

Decree No. 10,278, DE March 18, 2020, consists of legislation that establishes the technique and requirements for the digitization of public or private documents, so that they produce the same legal effects as the original documents.
It establishes general rules, requirements for digitization involving public entities, requirements for digitization among individuals, responsibility for digitization, disposal of physical documents, maintenance and preservation of digitized documents, among others.

Country

Brazil

Institution

Presidency of the Republic, Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Justice