County report card · Illinois
Wayne County, Illinois
ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County website robots.txt blocks automated access
- Population
- 15,928
- Portal
- Assessor & Recorder
- Portal vendor
- Not identified
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 challengereCAPTCHA
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: wayneclerk.com/contact/wayne-county-phone-numbers/, recordhub.cottsystems.com/WayneIL/Portal/SearchSites/Home?OrganizationId=229, www.illinoistreasurers.org/treshome.php?idCounty=14096%20
Doing well
- A robots.txt file that disallows automated scrapers
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
- Technical barriers (recaptcha) that deter casual bulk access
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.