Whenever the records or any material part thereof of any county in this state have been lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, and any map, plat, deed or other instrument in writing mentioned in NRS 239.130, affecting the title to any real property or water rights in any such county, shall have been rerecorded therein, or where a duly certified copy of such instrument shall have been recorded in such county, prior to January 1, 1912, the record so made is hereby validated and given the same force and effect as records hereafter restored in accordance with the provisions of NRS 239.130.