County report card · Kansas
Osborne County, Kansas
Partially ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County portal uses an access restriction which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 3,353
- 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 useNot checked
- Bot challengeAccess denied to automated clients
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.osbornecounty.gov/departments/appraiser/index.html, www.osbornecounty.gov/departments/county_clerk/index.html, ks536.cichosting.com/webportal/Login.aspx
Doing well
- Technical barriers (access_denied) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers
What to ask for
Three low-cost steps that have worked in other counties to close gaps like this one:
1. Adding clear robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers
2. Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.