Sec. 18. Nothing contained in section 16 or section 17 of this chapter shall preclude any person from proving in any suit or proceeding that the provisions of this article respecting such notice have been complied with, although no such proof of service may have been filed as therein required.

Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.118. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.8.