§ 36-2-17-9 — Destruction of recorder's records; restoration; proof of execution, acknowledgment, or action

(a) If all or part of the records of the recorder's
office are destroyed, the recorder shall immediately obtain a book in
which the recorder shall restore the destroyed parts of the record. The
recorder shall, in the order in which they are presented, record in this
book documents that had been recorded but the records of which have
been destroyed. The recorder shall also record the recorder's original
indorsement showing the time when each document was originally
filed for record. This new record has the same force as the original
record would have had if it had not been destroyed.
(b) Whenever the recorder acts under subsection (a), the recorder
shall also obtain another book in which the recorder shall, in the order
in which it is presented, record all proof of the execution,
acknowledgment, contents, destruction, and recording of documents
that had been recorded in the recorder's office but the records of which
have been destroyed. The recorder shall index this book in the manner
in which records of deeds are indexed.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-15-8-4;
5-15-8-5.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.106.