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Public Records Safety

County report card · Nevada

Carson City County, Nevada

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-21

County website Vendor (DevNet / GovOS) prohibits automated data harvesting

Population
58,148
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
DevNet / GovOS

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 challengereCAPTCHA
  • Owner notificationUnknown

Portal audited: carsoncitynv.devnetwedge.com/, carson.org/government/departments-a-f/clerk-recorder/recorders-office, www.carson.org/government/departments-g-z/treasurer, www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=2149

Doing well

  • Technical barriers (recaptcha) 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.