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Stevens County delays decision on restoring name-search in online tax parcel viewer amid new shielding law
Summary
County staff recommended removing the name-search function from the public tax parcel viewer because of a new judicial shielding law; commissioners debated public-access trade-offs and tabled the question to a work session for further direction.
The Stevens County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday debated whether to restore a name-search function on the county's online tax parcel viewer after staff said new judicial shielding rules require changes to how property records are displayed.
"Under the new shielding law, we are required to shield real property records," the staff member said, urging the board to consider removing the name-search function that had allowed residents to search parcels by owner…
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