Alabama § 45-36-83.42 - Installation of Improved Indexing System.
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§ 45-36-83.42. Installation of Improved Indexing System.
The judge of probate is hereby authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include all of the following:
(1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for in the definition of an improved indexing system.
(2) The establishment of procedures for the continued indexing and filing of all instruments and records that, after the effective installation date, shall constitute any part of the improved indexing system.
(3) The initial installation shall be supervised and inspected by a person who is experienced in handling records pertaining to abstracts and title. Following its installation in the county, the improved indexing system shall be thereafter maintained in the county and all real property instruments, general property instruments and personal property instruments, and other documents and records herein provided to constitute a part of the system, that may be thereafter filed for record in the probate office of the county shall be in accordance with the aforesaid improved indexing system. Each real property instrument and each personal property instrument shall be operative as a record from the time of its delivery to the judge of probate of the county, in accordance with existing law.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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