Rule AD-3. Exhibits

A. Digital Evidence. Mohave County utilizes a digital evidence portal for the submission and presentation of evidence. When it is necessary to mark and/or admit a physical exhibit, the offeror of the physical exhibit must upload a digital placeholder into the portal (which may include words/pictures to describe or represent the physical exhibit). B. Precluded Evidence. No evidence containing visual depictions of nudity, sexual acts, or pornography shall be uploaded to the digital evidence portal. Said evidence must be presented as a physical exhibit. C. Physical Exhibits. Physical exhibits must be delivered to the Clerk's office at least three (3) days prior to the hearing or trial in which that exhibit will be used, and at the location where the evidentiary hearing will be conducted (i.e., for hearings to be held in Kingman, the exhibit must be presented to the Kingman office and for hearings to be held in a satellite office, the exhibit must be presented to the satellite office.) 1. A printed copy of the digital placeholder document shall accompany any physical exhibit submitted to the Clerk. 2. To the extent possible, physical exhibits delivered to the Clerk pursuant to this Rule, shall be released back to the offeror by order of the court at the conclusion of the hearing. The digital version of a physical exhibit found in the portal shall be the official exhibit for appellate and post-hearing/trial purposes. D. Not a Substitute for Discovery. The digital evidence portal shall be used by attorneys and self-represented party litigants for the submission of all exhibits and evidence to be used for evidentiary hearings or trials only and shall not be used as a substitute for the requirements of any applicable discovery rules. E. Retention. The Clerk may purge all digital evidence from the portal at the times allowed by the appropriate appellate period or applicable records retention schedules. F. Destruction of Physical Exhibits for the submission of all exhibits and evidence to be used for evidentiary hearings or trials only and shall not be used as a substitute for the requirements of any applicable discovery rules. E. Retention. The Clerk may purge all digital evidence from the portal at the times allowed by the appropriate appellate period or applicable records retention schedules. F. Destruction of Physical Exhibits. The Clerk may destroy any physical exhibit that is not claimed by the offeror at the conclusion of the appellate period or applicable records retention schedules.