§ 36-2-17-6 — Destruction of records; meetings; list; replacement; appointment of commissioner

(a) If records belonging to the county or a court
of record in the county are destroyed, the county auditor shall
immediately notify the county executive, which shall meet at the time
and place specified by the auditor. During the next twelve (12) months,
the county executive may hold additional meetings concerning the
destroyed records if it finds that such meetings are necessary.
(b) At the meeting held under subsection (a) of this section, after a
showing that records of the county or a court of record in the county
have been destroyed, the county executive shall order the county
auditor to make out and certify a list of all the destroyed records that
were furnished by the state under a statute or joint resolution. The
auditor shall immediately forward this list to the governor, who shall
immediately give notice of the destruction of county records to the state
officer whose duty it is to furnish records to the county. That officer
shall immediately furnish to the county all records on the list, as if the
county had never received them.
(c) At the meeting held under subsection (a) of this section, the
county executive shall appoint a person as a commissioner if any of the
records of:
(1) a court of record in the county;
(2) a clerk of a court of record in the county; or
(3) a county officer other than the county recorder;
have been destroyed. After taking an oath of office, the commissioner
has the powers and duties set forth in section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-15-8-1;
5-15-8-2; 5-15-8-3; 5-15-8-9.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.