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Ind. Code § 34-41-5-1

Deed or record thereof as prima facie evidence of facts recited therein

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Beauchamp v. City of Noblesville (2003)

Most recently applied in Beauchamp v. City of Noblesville (February 2003)

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a deed that has been executed:

(1) by an administrator, executor, guardian, sheriff, or commissioner of court; and

(2) by virtue of any:

(A) order, judgment, or decree of court;

(B) will; or

(C) sale made upon any execution issued on any judgment.

(b) If the record of an order, decree of court, will, execution, or judgment described in subsection (a) is destroyed by fire in the burning of a courthouse in Indiana, the deed or the record of the deed is prima facie evidence of:

(1) all the facts recited in the deed; and

(2) the regularity and sufficiency of all the proceedings, records, and papers in virtue of which the deed was executed.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.