The certificate of a public officer, that the public officer has made diligent and ineffectual search for a paper in the officer’s office, is of the same efficacy in all cases as if such officer had personally appeared and sworn to such facts.
Iowa Code § 622.48
Certificate as to loss of paper
[C51, §2434; R60, §4053; C73, §3708; C97, §4640; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11301; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.48]
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