Section 45-45-31 Photographing, etc., of certain public records; use of authenticated reproductions. The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of Madison County may require the photographing or microphotographing, on plate or film, of any record, document, plat, court file, book, map, paper, or writing made, acquired, or received as […]
Section 45-45-31.01 Charge for services. The court or board is authorized to charge to any office, court, board, institution, department, or agency of the county the cost of photographing or microphotographing of public records belonging to that office, court, board, institution, department, or agency, by the charging of the cost of such work to that […]
Section 45-45-31.02 Appropriation of funds. The court or board may from time to time appropriate amounts out of the general fund of the county sufficient to pay the cost of photographing or microphotographing the public records belonging to the county, and may from time to time appropriate amounts sufficient to purchase necessary photographic or microphotographic […]
Section 45-45-31.03 Commission created; composition; meetings. There is created a county records commission consisting of 12 members as follows: The director, or deputy director if designated by the director, of the State Department of Archives and History; the senior presiding judge of the Circuit Court of Madison County; the judge of the Probate Court of […]
Section 45-45-31.04 Classification and preservation of records; disposal of records; building for retention of records. The county records commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which county records shall be permanently preserved because of their historical value, and which records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after they have been microfilmed. No […]
Section 45-45-31.05 Destruction or disposition of public records. No county official or employee shall destroy, dispose of, or cause to be destroyed or disposed of, any public record that has been microfilmed under this part until the records custodian has certified that the microfilm copy has been processed and checked for clarity. (Acts 1959, No. […]
Section 45-45-31.06 Survey of records; promulgation of regulations. The county records commission is empowered to conduct surveys of public records in carrying out this part. The commission shall from time to time issue regulations classifying all public records, and prescribe the period for which records of each class shall be retained, either permanently or for […]
Section 45-45-31.07 Reproduction department; records custodian; storage and safekeeping. (a) The governing body of Madison County is hereby authorized to establish a reproduction department for Madison County and to employ a records custodian who shall be chosen by the Chair of the Madison County governing body, which custodian shall have charge of all reproduction work, […]
Section 45-45-31.08 Fees. A fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25) shall be charged in addition to all filing and recording fees now charged for each instrument, document, plat, court file, map, paper, or writing photographed or microphotographed and each official receiving instruments to be photographed or microphotographed shall collect the fee and deposit same by the […]
