Sec. 17. Whenever a personal representative executes a deed, mortgage, lease or other conveyance under a power given the personal representative in any will, a certified copy of the will giving such power and a certified copy of the personal representative's letters may be recorded with the deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument executed by the personal representative pursuant to and in accordance with such power, and such certified copies shall be prima facie evidence of the due appointment and qualification of the personal representative and the personal representative's authority to execute said deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1517. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.45; P.L.238-2005, SEC.14.