Ala. Code § 45-24-82.20: Purpose.

The provisions of this subpart shall only apply in Dallas County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Dallas County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and in the offices of other elected county officials, and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate.