(a) Two indices for the recording of instruments affecting the title or right of possession of land, labeled respectively: General Index of Grantors, Land.

(1) Each page of the General Index of Grantors, Land, shall be divided into nine (9) columns, labeled respectively: Number, Date Filed, Grantors, and Defendants, Grantees and Plaintiffs, Title, Book, Page, Description, which shall contain a short description of the land if described in the instrument, and References, which shall contain such references to the numerical index or earlier records as the recorder may determine.

(2) Each page of the General Index of Grants, Land, shall be divided into nine (9) columns, labeled respectively: Number, Dated Filed, Grantees and Plaintiffs, Grantors and Defendants, Title, Book, Page, Description, and References.

(b) All other documents or instruments entitled to public recordation shall be indexed in two (2) indices labeled respectively: General Index of Grantors, Miscellaneous and General Index of Grantees, miscellaneous.

(1) Each page of the General Index of Grantors, Miscellaneous, shall be divided into seven (7) columns, labeled respectively: “Number, Date Filed, Grantors and

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Defendants, Grantees and Plaintiffs, Title, Book and
Page.

(2) Each page of the General Index of Grantees, Miscellaneous shall be divided into seven (7) columns, labeled respectively: Number, Date Filed, Grantees and Plaintiffs, Grantors and Defendants, Title, Book, and Page.

(c) A Tract or Numerical Index for each Parcel of Land by Municipality. When the land is located in more than one municipality it shall be indexed in both. The recorder shall not be required to index any parcel of land in the numerical index until an instrument affecting such parcel has been filed for record after this Article becomes effective.

(d) An alphabetical subdivision as part of each of the general indices which shall not be less than one hundred in number and so arranged, as nearly as possible, so that the entries in the indices will be equally apportioned under the several alphabetical subdivisions.

SOURCE: GC § 13112.

2017 NOTE: Subitem designations added pursuant to the authority of 1
GCA § 1606.