§ 5-15-2-2 — Judicial records; loss or destruction of originals; certified copy unobtainable

Whenever the loss or destruction of any such
record, bond, execution, order of sale, or other writ, or the returns
thereon, or any other paper or part thereof, shall before or after March
9, 1881, happen and such defect cannot be supplied as provided in
section 1 of this chapter, any party or person interested therein may file
his complaint in the court to which the same belonged or which has
jurisdiction over or custody or control of the same, showing the loss or
destruction thereof, and that a certified copy thereof cannot be obtained
by the party or person making such application, and the substance of
the same so lost or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction occurred
without the fault or neglect of the party making such application, and
that such loss or destruction, unless supplied, will or may result in
damage to the person making such application; and thereupon the
defendants named in such complaint shall be served with summons or
notified by publication, as provided in section 3 of this chapter, and
said cause shall stand for hearing by said court the same as other civil
cases in said court.
Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986,
SEC.83.