Sec. 2. (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) The copies of all deeds on file on March 7, 1903, in the office of the auditor of state made by the board of trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, in records kept by such boards of trustees and afterward filed in the land office division of the department of administration.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-41-7-2

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(2) All copies of deeds 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 in any county in which any of the lands described in the documents are situated.

(4) All duly certified copies of any record described in subdivision (3) in the recorder’s office.

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

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-12-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.