Execution of conveyance or lease; certified copy of order; power
given under will
Sec. 17. Whenever a personal representative executes a deed,
mortgage, lease or other conveyance under a power given the
personal representative in any will, a certified copy of the will giving
such power and a certified copy of the personal representative's
letters may be recorded with the deed, mortgage, lease, or other
instrument executed by the personal representative pursuant to and
in accordance with such power, and such certified copies shall be
prima facie evidence of the due appointment and qualification of the
personal representative and the personal representative's authority to
execute said deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument.
(Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1517.) As amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.171, SEC.45; P.L.238-2005, SEC.14.
Last modified: May 27, 2006