County report card · Minnesota
Scott County, Minnesota
Partially ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County portal uses Cloudflare bot detection which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 157,206
- Portal
- Assessor
- 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 useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeCloudflare bot detection
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.scottcountymn.gov/385/Search-for-Property-Information, www.scottcountymn.gov/383/Pay-Property-Tax, mncourts.gov/find-courts/scott
Doing well
- Technical barriers (cloudflare) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers
- Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
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.