1. (a) The:

   1. (1) register of the sales of the Michigan road lands located in the Indiana state archives, Indiana archives and records administration; and

   2. (2) certified copies of any entry in the register under the seal of Indiana;

      are admissible in evidence in all courts and places.

2. (b) The register, or a certified copy of the entry of the sale of a tract of land described in the register, by any person named in the register as the purchaser of the land, is prima facie evidence that:

   1. (1) the person designated in the register was the purchaser of the land; and

   2. (2) the title to the land has been conveyed by the state to the purchaser in fee simple.

      [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-5.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.171-2015, SEC.46.