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Tulare County assessor, clerk-recorder describe multi-year technology overhaul to shrink backlogs and speed services
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Tulare County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Tara Freitas and staff told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 that four years of system upgrades and digitization reduced document backlogs, cut public wait times and set up a planned office move to Government Plaza.
Tulare County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Tara Freitas told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 that a program of software replacements, scanning and workflow automation has substantially reduced processing bottlenecks and shortened public wait times.
Freitas outlined projects including migration to the Megabyte property tax system, a Tyler Technologies recording platform for the clerk-recorder office, a machine‑learning data bridge called Just Appraised to transfer deeds into the assessor system, a county-funded scanning project that digitized millions of records, and expanded online business-property filing. "We've replaced all of our operating systems with modern, reliable technology," Freitas said.
The modernization work, funded in part with federal ARPA dollars…
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