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County report card · Illinois

De Witt County, Illinois

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24

County website Terms of Use prohibits automated access

Population
15,319
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
Fidlar Technologies

What the audit checked

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

  • robots.txtNot checked
  • Terms of useProhibits automation
  • Bot challengeNone detected
  • Owner notificationAvailable

Portal audited: www.dewittcountyill.com/assessments.htm, www.dewittcountyill.com/countyclerk.htm, tapestry.fidlar.com, propertytaxonline.org/Home/Home.aspx, dewittil.mygisonline.com/

Doing well

  • A Terms of Use that prohibits automated access to records
  • A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed

Room to grow

No gaps confirmed. Some checks could not be completed for this portal, so there may be room the audit could not see.

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.