(a) The Judge of Probate of Cleburne County in conformity to the duties set out in Section 12-13-41, shall maintain a general register for all transactions now recorded by the probate office and having a general direct and general reverse index for every instrument filed. Specifically included in the general register are those instruments described in Section 12-13-41(11) (deeds and mortgages, etc.); Section 12-13-41(13) (adverse possession); Section 35-4-52 (bankruptcy petitions); Section 35-4-53 (bonds for title); Sections 35-4-69 and 35-4-71 (affidavits relative to chain of title of land); Section 35-4-76 (options to buy land); Section 35-4-90 (agreements to convey land); Section 35-4-91 (wills which convey real property); Section 35-4-130 (lis pendens and hospital liens); Sections 35-5-3, 35-5-4, 35-5-5, and 35-5-6 (official bonds, notary bonds, and oaths of office); Section 10-2A-93 (corporations); Section 10-4-26 (church minutes which grant trustees the authority to convey land); Section 6-9-210 (liens of judgment); Section 40-1-2(d) (tax liens); military discharges; medical records and any and all other miscellaneous documents may be so registered at the discretion of the judge.
(b) These instruments excluded from this section, mainly Section 12-13-41 (2) and (3) (minutes of official acts); Section 12-13-41(4) (probate docket); Section 43-2-502 (final settlements); Sections 18-1-11 and 18-1-19 (condemnation orders); Section 40-10-15 (tax sales); Section 35-2-51(a) (plats); Section 12-19-45 (fees), shall be maintained as specified by the heretofore existing laws.
(c) Each instrument contained in the general index shall be numbered consecutively and filmed.
Last modified: May 3, 2021