Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a levying officer is authorized pursuant to this chapter, all of the following shall apply:
- (a) A levying officer may act upon an electronic record or document transmitted by a facsimile machine in the same manner as the paper record or document upon which the electronic record or document is based.
(b) A facsimile cover sheet shall accompany the faxed record or document and include all of the following information:
- (1) The name of the sender.
- (2) The fax number of the sender.
- (3) The name of the levying officer.
- (4) The fax number of the levying officer.
- (5) A description of the record or document, including its name, if any, and the number of pages.
- (6) A statement directing the recipient of the faxed document or record to fax to the sender a confirmation, if true, that the fax was properly received.
(c) A person authorized to fax a record or document to the levying officer pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:
- (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
- (2) Print or otherwise retain a transmission record of the fax transmission.
- (3) Deliver the paper version of the record, document, or transmission record to the levying officer within five days after a request to do so has been mailed to the sender by the levying officer.
- (d) The levying officer shall retain the facsimile cover sheet together with the faxed record or document.
- (e) The levying officer may electronically copy and store the printed cover sheet, record, or document as an electronic record.