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Dunn County Register of Deeds traces land records from 1857 volumes to 82% electronic filings in 2025
Summary
Register of Deeds Heather described the office's transition from handwritten deed volumes and microfilm to scanners and e-recording; she reported 82% of documents were submitted electronically in 2025 and explained off-site vendor-hosted backups and indexing.
Heather, the Dunn County Register of Deeds, presented an overview of the county's land records and the office's shift to electronic recording.
She showed historic deed volumes (earliest deed referenced from 1857) and outlined the evolution of recordkeeping from handwritten transcription to photocopy volumes, microfilm, scanned images and, since 2015, e-recording. Heather noted that submitters such as title companies, attorneys and lenders now send documents through state-approved vendors and that 82% of recorded documents were submitted electronically in 2025.
Heather explained the office's indexing process (by name, legal description and document number) and outlined disaster-recovery measures: documents are hosted off-site by a vendor called Bastion with secondary backups. When asked whether there had been any attempts to access or compromise the county's records, Heather said she was not aware of any such attempts and that the vendor performs regular penetration testing.
She invited supervisors to visit the office to view historic volumes and said staff would continue to preserve paper originals when appropriate and maintain indexing and confidentiality standards.
Next steps: No immediate action required; the presentation provided background for ongoing records management and continuity planning.
