(a) The county clerk shall maintain a well-bound alphabetical index to all suits filed in the county court. The index must be a cross-index that states in full and in alphabetical order the names of the parties to a filed suit. The index must state opposite each name the specific location in the records at which the judgment in the case is recorded.
(b) This section does not apply to records classified and indexed in the manner required for records on microfilm by Sections 193.008 and 193.009.