D.R.I. LR Gen 103

(a) Custody. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Clerk shall maintain custody of all

exhibits marked for identification and/or admitted into evidence in any proceeding except

for sensitive exhibits. Sensitive exhibits, including but not limited to, narcotics and other

controlled substances, firearms, ammunition, explosive devices, jewelry, liquor,

poisonous or dangerous chemicals, money or articles of high monetary value, counterfeit

currency, and biological hazards shall be retained by the party offering the exhibit prior

to, throughout, and after the trial or proceeding.

(b) Disposition. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, within 30 days after the appeal is

concluded or the time for appeal has expired, exhibits in the custody of the Clerk must be

removed by the party that presented the exhibit. Exhibits not so removed will be

destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the Clerk.

Effective 12/1/19: §(a)-(c) deleted; §(d)(1)-(2) redesignated as (a) and (b). Effective 12/1/16: §(d)(1) amended,

§(d)(2) deleted, and §(d)(3) amended and redesignated as (d)(2). Effective 12/1/11: The numerical references in this

rule were altered as part of the restyling of numerical references throughout the Local Rules.