Sec. 6. (a) If records belonging to the county or a court of record in the county are destroyed, the county auditor shall immediately notify the county executive, which shall meet at the time and place specified by the auditor. During the next twelve (12) months, the county executive may hold additional meetings concerning the destroyed records if it finds that such meetings are necessary.

(b) At the meeting held under subsection (a) of this section, after a showing that records of the county or a court of record in the county have been destroyed, the county executive shall order the county auditor to make out and certify a list of all the destroyed records that were furnished by the state under a statute or joint resolution. The auditor shall immediately forward this list to the governor, who shall immediately give notice of the destruction of county records to the state officer whose duty it is to furnish records to the county. That officer shall immediately furnish to the county all records on the list, as if the county had never received them.

(c) At the meeting held under subsection (a) of this section, the county executive shall appoint a person as a commissioner if any of the records of:

(1) a court of record in the county;

(2) a clerk of a court of record in the county; or

(3) a county officer other than the county recorder;

have been destroyed. After taking an oath of office, the commissioner has the powers and duties set forth in section 7 of this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-15-8-1; 5-15-8-2; 5-15-8-3; 5-15-8-9.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.