Indiana § 5-15-2-6 - Affidavit for reinstatement; stay of proceedings
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§ 5-15-2-6. Affidavit for reinstatement; stay of proceedings
Sec. 6. In all actions pending on March 9, 1881, or that may be commenced after March 9, 1881, in any court of record in this state, any party thereto may, on application to such court verified by affidavit, show that any record, bond, execution, order of sale, or other writ or the returns thereon, or any other paper of the record or files of any court in this state necessary to be used in evidence in such cause has been lost or destroyed, in whole or in part, without his fault or neglect, which affidavit shall show the competency and necessity of the same as evidence in the cause, and that the same has not been reinstated, and such court shall, unless the adverse party will admit on the trial the facts stated in such affidavit, stay all proceedings for a reasonable time, that said destroyed record, in whole or in part, may be reinstated, the court shall, upon cause shown, grant further and additional time for the reinstatement of such record; but the trial of such action shall not be delayed more than one (1) year for such reinstatement, and to expedite the reinstatement of the same the court may, on motion of either party, refer the question of such destruction and reinstatement, as shown in such affidavit, to a master commissioner to be appointed by the court to hear, examine, and take all the evidence and report fully all the facts in writing to the court, as provided for in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.6. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.85.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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