98-1. Copy of destroyed record as evidence; may be recorded.
When the office of any registry is destroyed by fire or other accident, and the records and other papers thereof are burnt or destroyed, the copies of all such proceedings, instruments and papers as are of record or registry, certified by the proper officer, though without the seal of office, shall be received in evidence whenever the original or duly certified exemplifications would be. Such copies, when the court is satisfied of their genuineness, may be ordered to be recorded or registered. (1865-6, c. 41, ss. 1, 2; Code, s. 55; Rev., s. 327; C.S., s. 365.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 98 - Burnt and Lost Records
§ 98-1 - Copy of destroyed record as evidence; may be recorded.
§ 98-2 - Originals may be again recorded.
§ 98-3 - Establishing boundaries and interest, where conveyance and copy lost.
§ 98-4 - Copy of lost will may be probated.
§ 98-5 - Copy of lost will as evidence; letters to issue.
§ 98-6 - Establishing contents of will, where original and copy destroyed.
§ 98-7 - Perpetuating destroyed judgments and proceedings.
§ 98-8 - Color of title under destroyed instrument.
§ 98-9 - Action on destroyed bond.
§ 98-10 - Destroyed witness tickets; duplicates may be filed.
§ 98-11 - Replacing lost official conveyances.
§ 98-12 - Court records as proof of destroyed instruments set out therein.
§ 98-13 - Copies contained in court records may be recorded.
§ 98-14 - Rules for petitions and motions.
§ 98-15 - Records allowed under this Chapter to have effect of original records.
§ 98-17 - Conveyances reciting court records prima facie evidence thereof.
§ 98-18 - Court records and conveyances to which Chapter extends.