Indiana § 36-2-17-15 Public documents in custody of county treasurer destroyed; copies;
county tax duplicate; liability of persons charged with tax

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-2-17-15 — Public documents in custody of county treasurer destroyed; copies; county tax duplicate; liability of persons charged with tax

Indiana § 36-2-17-15

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY

Ch. 17County Records

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Ind. Code § 36-2-17-15 (2026).

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(a)If public documents in the custody of the county treasurer are destroyed, the officer whose duty it is to furnish those documents shall immediately make new copies of them in the same manner in which they were originally made and shall deliver these copies to the treasurer. A copy made under this section has the same force as the original document.

(b)If a county tax duplicate is destroyed and a copy is supplied under this section, persons charged with taxes on that copy are liable for those taxes unless they:

(1)produce proper receipts for the taxes; or

(2)prove to the county treasurer or county executive that the taxes have been paid. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-15-8-22; 5-15-8-23.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

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(a) If public documents in the custody of the
county treasurer are destroyed, the officer whose duty it is to furnish
those documents shall immediately make new copies of them in the
same manner in which they were originally made and shall deliver
these copies to the treasurer. A copy made under this section has the
same force as the original document.
(b) If a county tax duplicate is destroyed and a copy is supplied
under this section, persons charged with taxes on that copy are liable
for those taxes unless they:
(1) produce proper receipts for the taxes; or
(2) prove to the county treasurer or county executive that the taxes
have been paid.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-15-8-22;
5-15-8-23.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.