Sec. 1. 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.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 15. Preservation of Public Records
Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records
5-15-2-1. Judicial Records; Certified Copies of Lost or Destroyed Originals
5-15-2-2. Judicial Records; Loss or Destruction of Originals; Certified Copy Unobtainable
5-15-2-4. Resisting Complaint; Answer of Nul-Tiel Record; Admission of Oral Testimony; Reinstatement
5-15-2-5. Motion to Set Aside Reinstatement
5-15-2-6. Affidavit for Reinstatement; Stay of Proceedings
5-15-2-7. Reference of Complaint to Master Commissioner; Proceedings
5-15-2-8. Title to Real Estate; Quieting Title by Complaint
5-15-2-9. Probate Records; Reinstatement
5-15-2-10. Judicial Records; Special Term to Reinstate Lost or Destroyed Records