Director; seal; records, certification and admission in evidence

The director may, for authentication of the records, process and proceedings of the director, adopt and keep and use a common seal of which judicial notice shall be taken in all of the courts of the state. Any process, notice or other paper which the director may be authorized by law to issue shall be deemed sufficient if signed by the director or deputy director and authenticated by the seal of the director. All acts, orders, proceedings, rules and regulations, entries, minutes and other records of the director and all reports and documents filed with the director may be proved in any court of this state by copy thereof certified to by the director or the deputy director with the seal of the director attached. A written certificate stating that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified tenor is found to exist in the records of the office of state director of alcoholic beverage control, when signed and certified to by the director or the deputy director and authenticated by the seal of the director, shall be admissible as evidence in any court of this state to prove that the records of the office contain no such record or entry.