{"county":"clay","description":"The duty of the Register of Deeds Office is to record and preserve all instruments meeting the minimum Tennessee State law requirements for recording.  Some records filed in our office are Warranty Deeds, Mortgages, Quit Claims, Court Decrees, Mortgage Assignments, Affidavit of Heirships, Liens, and Military Discharges.  Once recorded and scanned, these documents are available for public inspection on the Shelby County Register of Deeds website at https://register.shelby.tn.us.","district":null,"districtgroup":null,"id":1450,"key":"county_register","lastchangeby":1,"name":null,"next_election":null,"notes":null,"officegroup":null,"partisan":1,"party":null,"qualities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land in a high-volume metropolitan county.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies, lenders, and attorneys.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users (title, legal, financial) and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","quantity":1,"source":"{\"seed\": \"tn_standard_offices\", \"authority\": \"TN Constitution Art. VII; TN CTAS county-government structure\"}","state":"TN","term_end":null,"term_start":null,"term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":null,"description":null,"electiondate":null,"name":"Brenda Browning","person":{"firstname":"Brenda","lastname":"Browning","token":"Nts8QH4nxd"},"term_end":null,"term_start":"2026-08-01"}],"title":"Register of Deeds","type":"executive","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-08-01 15:58:10"}