§ 5-15-2-1 — Judicial records; certified copies of lost or destroyed originals

Whenever any record, bond, execution, order of
sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part
thereof, in any judicial proceeding of any judicial court of this state,
shall before or after March 9, 1881, be lost or destroyed, any party or
person interested therein may, on application by complaint in writing
and upon notice, as provided in section 3 of this chapter, in the court
having jurisdiction over, or the custody or control thereof, and on
showing to the satisfaction of such court, that the same has been lost or
destroyed without fault or neglect of the party or person making such
application, obtain an order from such court authorizing such defect to
be supplied by a duly certified copy of the original, where the same can
be obtained, which certified copy shall be entered of record in said
court and shall thereafter have the same force and effect as the original
would have had in all respects.
Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.1. As amended by P.L.25-1986,
SEC.82.