§ 34-41-7-1 Admissibility of certificates

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34-41-7-1 Admissibility of certificates

    Sec. 1. (a) The following documents are admissible in evidence in all courts in Indiana in all cases in which, by law, duly made and completed deeds and records are legal evidence:

        (1) Certificates issued before March 7, 1903, by the general land office and the United States Department of the Interior setting forth the list of lands in Indiana without the strip of five (5) miles on each side of the Wabash and Erie Canal, from Terre Haute to Evansville, in the Vincennes land district, selected by the state of Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1845, 5 Stat. 731, to aid the state of Indiana in extending and completing the canal, on file on March 7, 1903, in the office of the auditor of state.

        (2) All copies of the certificates described in subdivision (1), duly certified to by the auditor of state, (or by the commissioner of the department of administration after June 30, 1987).

        (3) All records of certified copies recorded in the recorder's office of any county in which the lands described in the documents are situated.

        (4) All certified copies made by the county recorder of the record in the recorder's office.

    (b) The documents described in subsection (a) are conclusive evidence of all matters recited in those documents.