Pennsylvania Act 1927-201 — RECORDER OF DEEDS, RERECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS

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RECORDER OF DEEDS, RERECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS
                 Act of Apr. 21, 1927, P.L. 338, No. 201              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the rerecording of instruments in the office of
        the recorder of deeds, in any county, when the original
        records are not available; providing for the effect of such
        rerecording, and the payment of the cost thereof out of
        county funds.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of
     the recorder of deeds in any county, whenever any instrument,
     now or hereto by law recordable, shall be presented to him,
     which shall show, by the certificate and seal of the recorder
     thereon, that such instrument had been previously recorded in
     the office of the said recorder of deeds, and the record of such
     instrument in the said office is not available for examination,
     by reason of the destruction or loss of the book in which it was
     recorded, or of the destruction in whole or in part of the
     leaves of the book upon which the instrument was recorded, or by
     reason of the defacement or obliteration of the record by reason
     of the fading of ink or other cause, to rerecord such
     instrument, together with a certificate of the recorder, setting
     forth the original date of the recording of such instrument and
     the volume, book, and page of the original record.
        Section 2.  The new record of such instrument shall have the
     same force and effect in law and in equity as the original
     record would have had.
        Section 3.  The cost of such rerecording shall be certified
     by the recorder of deeds, and paid out of the county-funds, upon
     orders drawn by the commissioners on the treasurer of the proper
     county.