In any case when any such writing shall have been duly admitted to record before the formation of the state of West Virginia in any county or corporation now within the limits of that state and such writing, after diligent search therefor, cannot be found, upon affidavit of that fact by any party in interest, his agent or attorney, any court of this Commonwealth in which or the clerk’s office of which the original might be recorded, or the clerk of any such court, may admit to record a copy of such writing from the records of the court of West Virginia, or the clerk’s office of such court wherein the same is recorded, duly certified by the clerk thereof, under the seal of the court; and the admission to record of such copy shall have the same effect as the admission to record of the original.

History

Code 1919, § 5212.