In all cases where the records of any judgments, not affecting real property or water rights, which judgments have not expired by limitation, or other records of any court of either general or limited jurisdiction in this state, and all records of proceedings taken by, or in behalf of any alien to become a citizen of the United States in this state, have been lost or destroyed, the same may be restored and replaced, and become the records of the courts, in the manner prescribed in NRS 239.240 to 239.290, inclusive.
[1911 CPA § 698; RL § 5640; NCL § 9187]