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Public Records Safety

County report card · Illinois

LaSalle County, Illinois

UncertainAudited 2026-08-24

Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved

Population
108,390
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.txtYes — permissive
  • Terms of useNot checked
  • Bot challengeNone detected
  • Owner notificationAvailable

Portal audited: lasallecountysa.org/lasalle/lasallesearch.aspx, www.lasallecountyil.gov/511/Records-Online, tapestry.fidlar.com, propertytaxonline.org/Home/Home.aspx

Doing well

  • A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed

Room to grow

  • Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers

What to ask for

Three low-cost protections that residents in other counties have found valuable:

1. Adding robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers

2. Including a Terms of Use that prohibits automated access

3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed (per the AZ, FL, HI, IL, UT model)

The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.