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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 or
her office. These records must be kept in a manner to permit
convenient reference.
Probate judges must keep large and well-bound books for recording, word
for word, 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 and 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 licenses and military discharges; (8) Documents and
instruments concerning condominiums; (9) Mortgages on personal property.
Judge Luke Cooley
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