County report card · Indiana
Shelby County, Indiana
ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County website Terms of Use prohibits automated access
- Population
- 45,654
- 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 — permissive
- Terms of useProhibits automation
- Bot challengeJavaScript required
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.doxpop.com/prod/in/common/ViewCountyDetails?countyId=18145, engage.xsoftinc.com/shelby, auditor.shelbycounty73.us/cgi.exe?PAGEID=0013&CALL_PROGRAM=C009LIST, shelbyin.wthgis.com/, www.in.gov/dlgf/understanding-your-tax-bill/assessed-value-search/
Doing well
- A Terms of Use that prohibits automated access to records
- Technical barriers (js_required) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers
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.