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Register of deeds describes digitization, e-recording and archival responsibilities
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Register of Deeds Kent Brown said Douglas County has digitized its land records back to the 1850s, achieved 91% e-recording by volume last year, and is focusing on data-entry backlogs, security and preserving historical documents while maintaining public access.
Kent Brown, Douglas County register of deeds, told commissioners the office is the county—s local authority for land records and is responsible for recording, indexing and preserving documents.
Brown said the register—s office has digitized records back to book 1 (1855) and that last year 91% of recordings were e-recorded by volume. "In late 2016, we debuted a new website... Now it's open to anybody," Brown said, adding that e-recording allowed the office to maintain about 95% of normal…
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