The first area of information that we began to manage was our land data. This information set is very much at the heart of our county government. This determines ownership, land use, property taxes and many other things. The land information is also used by the Sheriff, Public Works, Voter Registration, Building Inspection and Human Services. The types of information that we keep can be divided into four areas.
Legal documents form the basis for ownership and land boundaries.
In the past the legal documents were recorded in the Clerk's office and then indexed and microfilmed. Takeoffs from the microfilm were then sent to all interested title companies and to the Assessor's office. The Assessor then annotated the document and processed the information. These originals and photocopies of originals were required by the county to conduct business. For researching purposes originals were required.