2A :15-12.  Record and index of notices;  access to

    Except as provided by section 2A :15-9 of this title, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, with whom a notice of lis pendens is filed, shall forthwith record the same, with the time of the filing thereof, in a proper book provided and kept by him in his office.  The record book shall be properly indexed, and shall be a public record, to which persons desiring to examine the same shall have access.