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Register of Deeds urges move to Bastion, proposes $10 monthly subscription to cover costs

5920427 · October 10, 2025
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At a Strafford County commissioners meeting the Register of Deeds reported higher-than-last-year document volume, outlined a proposal to migrate records to the Bastion hosting system to improve security, and suggested a $10 monthly subscription for frequent account users to offset higher hosting costs.

The Register of Deeds told Strafford County commissioners on Oct. 11 that document volumes are ahead of last year and recommended migrating the county’s records hosting to the Bastion system for stronger security, while proposing a $10-per-month subscription for frequent account users to help cover the extra cost.

The recommendation followed an update from the Register of Deeds that “we're ahead of last year with our numbers” and that all images have been scanned and made available to the public. The register said hardware costs for the current vendor could be reduced from about $24,000 a year to about $18,000 a year under preliminary negotiations, but that…

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