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County clerk previews AI search portal for land records; commissioners ask for demo and data protections
Summary
The county clerk presented a no‑cost pilot with Common Chain LLC to index and make land records searchable via an AI portal. Commissioners asked for a demonstration and details on data access, monetization and accuracy before taking action.
The county clerk described a proposed statement of understanding with Common Chain LLC to run the county’s land‑records database through an AI search portal that would allow natural‑language queries (for example, about liens or parcel ownership) and surface links back to the county’s official records. The clerk said the proposal would be no cost to the county and that the vendor intends to send a hard drive for the county to provide indexes and images for processing.
Commissioners asked how the vendor benefits and whether the system could produce inaccurate legal summaries; one commissioner recalled an AI demonstration in which results were incorrect. "This is no cost to the county," the clerk said, while noting the company may market title‑search services to commercial users in other states. The court requested a demonstration or PowerPoint from the vendor and more detailed documentation on data use, storage, accuracy guarantees and the customer journey before deciding whether to proceed.
