{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-45-58-83.42","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 45-58-83.42","heading":"Installation and Maintenance of System.","body":"(a) The Court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of the county may provide for the installation upon the recommendation, acceptance, and approval of the judge of probate and thereafter for the maintenance, of an improved recording system in the probate office of the county. The initial installation of the improved recording system shall include the following:\n(1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for an improved recording system.\n(2) The microphotographing and filing in drawers, cabinets, and other receptacles of the public records of all real property instruments, personal property instruments, and miscellaneous instruments that are of record in the probate office of the county on the effective installation date and of any other then existing records in the probate office, the inclusion of which in the improved recording and indexing system may be provided for by resolution of the governing body of the county.\n(3) The establishment of procedures for the continued microphotographing and filing of all instruments and records that after the effective installation date, shall constitute a part of the improved recording system.\n(4) The initial installation of the improved recording system shall be performed by a person, firm, or corporation engaged in the records management business and experienced in setting up county records; and the initial installation shall be supervised and inspected by an employee of the county who is experienced in handling records pertaining to abstracts and title.(b) Following its installation in the county, the improved recording 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 photographed and recorded in accordance with the aforesaid improved recording system.\n(c) 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.","path":["Title 45 Local Laws.","Chapter 58 Shelby County.","Article 8 Courts.","Part 4 Probate.","Subpart 3 System for Recording Real and Personal Property Documents."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=45-58-83.42","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:54Z","sha256":"16a680be59abf3e51e8669846a7ace8a628d76ba2b72043178bfbfea8daa843d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-45-58-83.41","next":"us-al/ala.-code-45-58-83.43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}