Indexing sets out the standards for the indexing of entries for all Real and Personal Property instruments by Clerks of Superior Court in the State of Georgia (or their agents) and as a guide for developers of local real estate indexing systems. Act 820 enacted by the Georgia General Assembly in 2001 (HB 1582) mandated standardization or how all deeds, liens, executions, lis pendens, maps and plats and all other documents concerning or evidencing title to real or personal property are to be recorded and managed by Clerks of Superior Court.

This legislation also mandated inclusion of such data into the Statewide Uniform Automated Information System for Real and Personal Property (Statewide Real and Personal Property System) as maintained by the GSCCCA.