Of course, it's not uncommon for the ill-informed to make totems out of irrelevant things.
This fixation on the phrase best evidence is bizarre. A COLB is simply a download from the data on the original form and is functionally identical for the information cited. That’s why it gets a state seal and is legally valid.
Of course, it’s not uncommon for the ill-informed to make totems out of irrelevant things.
The “best evidence” has always been able to be released via a simple little “court order from a court of competent jurisdiction.”—Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-18(b)(9)