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Hays County Clerk outlines digitization, probate auditing and customer-service projects

2259783 · February 11, 2025
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County Clerk Elaine Cardenas told commissioners her office has expanded preservation and digital access projects, added a probate auditor and plans outreach to remote residents and improved court record services.

Hays County Clerk Elaine Cardenas briefed Commissioners Court on Feb. 11 about recent and planned changes in the County Clerk's Office, highlighting digitization and preservation of historical records, a newly created probate auditor position and steps to expand public access to records.

Cardenas said the office budgets roughly $500,000 a year for preservation and digitization and has completed preservation of probate records through the 1940s. She described a two-track mission: customer service, internal efficiency and long-term preservation of original records, and said the office is receiving statewide recognition for innovations such as auto-indexing…

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