CHAPTER 3. GENERAL INDEX AS EVIDENCE OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES LOST OR DESTROYED

IC 34-41-3
    Chapter 3. General Index as Evidence of Deeds and MortgagesLost or Destroyed

IC 34-41-3-1
Application of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a deed or mortgage is recordedin the proper recorder's office of any county in Indiana and the recordof the deed or mortgage is burned, lost, or destroyed.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.

IC 34-41-3-2
Indexes as prima facie evidence
    Sec. 2. The general index of the record of an instrument describedin section 1 of this chapter made:
        (1) under law;
        (2) in the handwriting of the county recorder; and
        (3) at the date the general index was made in any county of thestate;
is prima facie evidence of the proper execution and record of thedeed or mortgage, as shown by the general index. However, thischapter shall not affect any litigation pending on March 6, 1883, inany of the courts of this state.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.