<br><br>56.020 Secretary of State to have custody of title documents. <br>(1) The Secretary of State shall have custody of all records, judgments, deeds, maps and <br>abstracts of title of land or buildings owned for governmental purposes by the state <br>except deeds to rights-of-way for state or federal roads. In this section, "roads" does <br>not include state-owned bridges or their approaches. <br>(2) The Secretary of State shall record all the deeds in a separate book and shall file, <br>keep and have accessible the originals of all papers mentioned in subsection (1) of <br>this section, and the books in which they are recorded. He shall index and cross-<br>index the original papers and record books, including an index according to the <br>county where the property is located and according to the use or department of the <br>state government using the property. The records and indexes shall not be moved <br>from the Office of the Secretary of State. <br>Effective: July 15, 1982 <br>History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1982. -- Recodified <br>1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2337a, <br>2337a-1. <br><br>