Documents What is possible with pleadings is equally possible with documents. Yes, even deeds and mortgages, and the system will be better, not worse. The first complaint is security. As a matter of fact it is much easier than in the banking system. The Orange County, California Public Records Hall is already using a pilot project that has great promise.
All recordings are electronic.
If you bring in a deed the clerk scans it into the computer and gives you back the original before proceeding with the recording process. As an electronic document it is then given a recording number, date and time. This gives the advantage of security and speed not available over the Internet. Once safely in the electronic courthouse, with passwords and codes to ensure authenticity, a copy is placed on a disk that is made available to the public from numerous sources, even through the Internet. This gives the ability to search electronically by name, legal description and even street address, and opens the way to all other information in the electronic courthouse, i.e., taxes, zoning, school districts, etc.