2005 Idaho Code - 9-326 — CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE OR LOCATION OF LANDS -- EFFECT AS EVIDENCE

                                   TITLE  9
                                   EVIDENCE
                                  CHAPTER 3
                               PUBLIC WRITINGS
    9-326.  CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE OR LOCATION OF LANDS -- EFFECT AS
EVIDENCE. A certificate of purchase, or of location, of any lands in this
state, issued or made in pursuance of any law of the United States, is primary
evidence that the holder or assignee of such certificate is the owner of the
land described therein; but this evidence may be overcome by proof that, at
the time of the location, or time of filing a preemption claim on which the
certificate may have been issued, the land was in the adverse possession of
the adverse party, or those under whom he claims, or that the adverse party is
holding the land for mining purposes.