2022 Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 15. Preservation of Public Records
Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records
5-15-2-2. Judicial Records; Loss or Destruction of Originals; Certified Copy Unobtainable

Sec. 2. Whenever the loss or destruction of any such record, bond, execution, order of sale, or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part thereof, shall before or after March 9, 1881, happen and such defect cannot be supplied as provided in section 1 of this chapter, any party or person interested therein may file his complaint in the court to which the same belonged or which has jurisdiction over or custody or control of the same, showing the loss or destruction thereof, and that a certified copy thereof cannot be obtained by the party or person making such application, and the substance of the same so lost or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the party making such application, and that such loss or destruction, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the person making such application; and thereupon the defendants named in such complaint shall be served with summons or notified by publication, as provided in section 3 of this chapter, and said cause shall stand for hearing by said court the same as other civil cases in said court.

Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.83.