The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include the following:

(1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for in an improved indexing system.

(2) The establishment of procedures for the continued indexing and filing of all instruments and records that shall, after the effective installation date, constitute a part of the improved indexing system.

(3) The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall be performed by a person or persons, firm, or corporation engaged in records management business and experienced in setting up county records; and such initial installation shall be supervised and inspected by a person who is experienced in handling records pertaining to abstracts and title. Following its installation in the county, the improved indexing system shall be thereafter maintained in the county and all real property instruments, general property instruments, and personal property instruments and other documents and records herein provided to constitute a part of the system, that may be thereafter filed for record in the probate office of the county shall be in accordance with the aforesaid improved indexing system. Each real property instrument and each personal property instrument shall be operative as a record from the time of its delivery to the judge of probate of the county, in accordance with the provisions of existing law, including particularly Section 12-13-43.