28 U.S.C. § 1449 — State court record supplied

Where a party is entitled to copies of the rec­ords and proceedings in any suit or prosecution in a State court^*, to be used in any district court of the United States^*, and the clerk of such State^* court, upon demand, and the payment or tender of the legal fees, fails to deliver certified copies, the district court^* may, on affidavit reciting such facts, direct such record to be supplied by affidavit or otherwise. Thereupon such proceedings, trial, and judgment may be had in such district^* court, and all such process awarded, as if certified copies had been filed in the district court.