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Merrimack County register proposes end to $40 monthly subscription, seeks vendor change for better public access

3665913 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

Register of Deeds Samantha presented charts showing revenue impacts of eliminating a $40 monthly online subscription, moving to per-page online fees, and evaluating new software vendors to enable free public document viewing.

Samantha, Merrimack County Register of Deeds, proposed eliminating the office’s $40 monthly subscription fee for online document access and replacing per-document online charges with a per-page rate to align online costs with in‑office copy pricing.

Samantha said the change would remove the monthly subscription and provide free public viewing while switching online copy charges from a per-document to a per-page model. "I promised my constituents that I would eliminate the $40 monthly subscription fee," she told the commissioners, and said she collected 12 months of transaction data to model the change.

The register presented three charts: historical transactions; a model of proposed fee changes; and a…

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