Deed or record thereof as prima facie evidence of facts recited
therein
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a deed that has been executed:
(1) by an administrator, executor, guardian, sheriff, or
commissioner of court; and
(2) by virtue of any:
(A) order, judgment, or decree of court;
(B) will; or
(C) sale made upon any execution issued on any judgment.
(b) If the record of an order, decree of court, will, execution, or
judgment described in subsection (a) is destroyed by fire in the
burning of a courthouse in Indiana, the deed or the record of the deed
is prima facie evidence of:
(1) all the facts recited in the deed; and
(2) the regularity and sufficiency of all the proceedings, records,
and papers in virtue of which the deed was executed.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.
Last modified: May 24, 2006