§ 331 — Laws and decrees of foreign countries appointing agents and attorneys and recording of the same

§ 331. Laws and decrees of foreign countries appointing agents and\nattorneys and recording of the same. A copy of a law of a foreign\ncountry or of a decree of the executive power of such a country,\nappointing an agent or attorney with power to execute and deliver in the\nname or on behalf of such foreign country, any instrument in writing\ngranting, assigning, surrendering or in any manner affecting any estate\nor interest of such government in real property within this state, or\nassigning or discharging any lien or claim of such government upon real\nproperty within this state, or of a law or decree revoking such an\nappointment, if in English, or a translation into English of any such\nlaw or decree, if the original thereof be in a language other than\nEnglish, when certified and recorded as hereinafter provided, shall be\npresumptive evidence of the authority of such agent or attorney.\nCertification of such copy or translation shall be made under the great\nseal of such foreign country and shall be to the effect that the same is\na true copy or translation of such law or decree. Such copy or\ntranslation of such law or decree, when so certified, may be recorded in\nthe office of the clerk or register of any county of this state, and\nsuch copy or translation when so certified and recorded, or a certified\ncopy of the record thereof, shall be received as evidence in any court\nof this state. The authority conferred under any instrument so recorded\nshall not be deemed revoked as to property situated in any county except\nby the recording in such county of a copy or translation of a law or\ndecree to that effect, duly certified in the manner hereinbefore\nprovided. Nothing in this section shall in any way affect the right or\npower of a foreign country to acquire, hold or convey real property in\nthis state, or be construed to confer any such right or power.\n