§ 34-37-1-8 — Copies of records; deeds; office books; official bonds

Indiana § 34-37-1-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 37: EVIDENCE: DOCUMENTARY AND OTHER
• Ch. 1: Documentary Evidence in General

Text

Exemplifications or copies of records, records
of deeds, other instruments, office books, parts of office books, and
official bonds that are kept in any public office in Indiana shall be
proved or admitted as legal evidence in any court or office in Indiana:
(1) by the attestation of the custodian of the records, books, deeds,
other instruments, or official bonds that the copies are true and
complete copies of the records, bonds, instruments, books, bonds,
or parts of the records, books, deeds, other instruments, or official
bonds in the custodian’s custody; and
(2) by:
(A) the annexation by the custodian of the seal of office of the
custodian if there is a seal; or,
(B) if there is no official seal, by the attachment to the
attestation described in subdivision (1) of the certificate of the
clerk and the seal of the circuit or superior court of the proper
county where the custodian resides, that the attestation is made
by the proper officer.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.