Sec. 1.

That whenever any circuit court, court of chancery, probate court, or other court of record in this state, shall have rendered any final judgment or decree by the terms of which any person or persons shall be decided to be the owner or owners of any land in this state described therein, or wherein any person or persons shall be determined to be the heirs and entitled to inherit the lands of any deceased owner, or whereby any lands shall be distributed, assigned or partitioned to any person or persons, a copy of such judgment or decree duly certified under the seal of such court may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any county or counties in which lands described in or affected by such judgment or decree shall be situated.