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Maintaining Records
The Probate Judge is required to preserve all documents, files, papers, and orders, together with all attachments required by law to
be recorded and filed in his office. These records must be kept in a manner to permit convenient reference.
Instruments to be Recorded
Probate Judges must keep large and well-bound books for recording, work for work, deeds and mortgages and all other instruments authorized to be recorded.
The following records when executed in accordance with law shall be admitted to record in the office of the Probate Judge: (1) Plats
or maps; (2) Judgments and liens; (3) Deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, bills of sale, contracts or other documents purporting to convey any right, title, easement, or interest in any real estate or personal property, all assignments of mortgages; (4) Petitions, decrees, or orders of bankruptcy; (5) Corporations and other forms of business organizations; (6) Lis pendens; (7) Marriage license and military discharges; (8) Documents and instruments concerning condominiums; (9) Mortgages on personal property.
THIS INFORMATION, WHICH IS BASED ON ALABAMA LAW, IS TO INFORM AND NOT TO ADVISE. NO PERSON SHOULD EVER APPLY OR INTERPRET ANY LAW WITHOUT THE AID OF A LAWYER WHO ANALYZES THE FACTS, BECAUSE THE FACTS MAY CHANGE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW.
