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Shelby County Register of Deeds seeks two staffers, expanded fraud-alert outreach and archives support

2220405 · January 29, 2025
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Register of Deeds Willie Brooks Jr. requested two additional positions for archives and deeds operations, described an expanding fraud-alert mobile app with 30,000 enrollees, and warned of a growing archives workload and material-cost increases.

Shelby County Register of Deeds Willie Brooks Jr. told the county budget subcommittee his office needs two additional positions to address an archives backlog and to stabilize deeds processing work, and he outlined the office's fraud-alert program and scanning operations.

"We currently received a grant from the state for $4,700 that we will be coming before the commission to to receive it for the purpose of reimbursing of supplies, for the archives department," Register Brooks said, and he said the archives building houses permanent county records dating back to 1819.

Brooks and Cheryl Floyd, the register's CAO, described a three-location operation…

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