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County report card · Idaho

Kootenai County, Idaho

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24

County website robots.txt blocks automated access

Population
188,323
Portal
Assessor & Recorder

What the audit checked

Four low-cost protections every online records portal can have. How we rate counties.

  • robots.txtYes — blocks bots
  • Terms of useSilent on automation
  • Bot challengeNone detected
  • Owner notificationUnknown

Portal audited: www.kcgov.us/departments/mapping/mapSearch/, recorder.kcgov.us/RealEstate/SearchEntry.aspx, www.kcgov.us/178/GIS-Mapping, id-kootenai.publicaccessnow.com/Treasurer/TaxSearch.aspx

Doing well

  • A robots.txt file that disallows automated scrapers

Room to grow

  • Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access

What to ask for

Building on the protections already in place, you might consider a property-owner notification system (like the ones AZ, FL, HI, IL, and UT have implemented) and a formal data-governance policy that addresses commercial data aggregators.

The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.