County approves $10 record-archive fee to fund digitization and preservation program

Sep 9, 2025

Brown County commissioners approved a county clerk plan authorizing a $10 record-archive fee to pay for digitization and preservation of historical records, including a multi-year project to scan microfilm and bind books for public access and criminal-record searches.

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Brown County commissioners voted to approve a county clerk record-archive plan that authorizes the county clerk to collect a $10 record-archive fee when a non-court document is presented for recording or filing. The fee is intended to fund a multi-year digitization and preservation effort, including scanning microfilm and binding old record books.

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