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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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Witnesses, Evidence, Notaries, Commissioners of Foreign Deeds, and Legal Notices § 422.260.Copy of record impounded in court may be recorded to supply lost record - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxviii-witnesses-evidence-notaries-commissioners-of-foreign-deeds-and-legal-notices/ky-rev-st-sect-422-260/
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