Reregistration after destruction of records

In all cases where the records of any register's office in any county have been, or may hereafter be, destroyed or mutilated by fire, or otherwise, the holder of any deed or instrument of which the record wherein it was originally registered has been destroyed or mutilated may have the same registered in the register's office of the county. Acts 1895, ch. 24, § 1; Shan., § 3699; Code 1932, § 7623; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2408. In all cases where the records of any register's office in any county have been, or may hereafter be, destroyed or mutilated by fire, or otherwise, the holder of any deed or instrument of which the record wherein it was originally registered has been destroyed or mutilated may have the same registered in the register's office of the county. Acts 1895, ch. 24, § 1; Shan., § 3699; Code 1932, § 7623; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2408.