If any written instrument, required or authorized by law to be recorded, has been recorded, and the book containing it has been lost, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced, and an attested copy thereof is impounded in any court of this state, or any Circuit Court of the United States, or the Supreme Court thereof, any person may procure a copy of such copy, attested by the officer having the custody thereof, and produce it to the clerk in whose office the originals were recorded. The clerk shall rerecord the instrument and certify that it was recorded from a copy of a copy, and such record shall be prima facie evidence. The clerk shall also retain and file the copy from which the record was made.
Effective: October 1, 1942

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 422.260

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3999.