When instruments affecting real property, or records or copies of records thereof, admissible in evidence
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-08-06
in effect31-08-06. When instruments affecting real property, or records or copies of records
thereof, admissible in evidence.
Every instrument conveying or affecting real property which has been acknowledged or
proved and certified as provided by the laws of this state, together with the certificate of
acknowledgment or proof, may be read in evidence in an action or proceeding without any
further proof. The record of such instrument, or a duly authenticated copy of the record, may be
read in evidence with the same effect as the original, on proof by affidavit or otherwise that the
original is not in the possession or under the control of the party producing such record or copy.
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