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§ 34-41-5-1 — Indiana Law | CourtGPT
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§ 34-41-5-1

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(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.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-11-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.