19-1209.   Numerical index, when.Whenever the board of county commissioners of any countydeems it necessary, the board may order the register of deeds to furnish for theuse of the county,in addition to other records and indexesrequired by law, a numerical index containing thename of the instrument, the name of the grantor, the name of the grantee, abrief description of the property and the volume and page in which eachinstrument indexed is recorded.A numerical index required under this section may be kept in boundpaper books or in another manner authorized by statute.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 95; L. 1913, ch. 160, § 1; R.S. 1923,19-1209; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 6; July 1.