All special recording and indexing fees so collected shall be paid into a special fund of the Fayette County Commission. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate and the county commission for an improved recording and indexing system and other equipment, maintenance, services, and personnel necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate. Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be indexed with computer-generated indexes to be filed in binders, shall constitute the official record of such instruments for the purposes of Section 12-13-43.
Ala. Code § 45-29-83.48 (1975)