County report card · South Carolina
Saluda County, South Carolina
ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County website robots.txt blocks automated access
- Population
- 19,452
- 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 notificationUnknown
Portal audited: saludacounty.sc.gov/services/assessor-data-disclaimer, recordroom.cottsystems.com/saludasc/guest/search/records, saludacountytreasurer.qpaybill.com/, saludacounty.sc.gov/services/online-mapping
Doing well
- A robots.txt file that disallows automated scrapers
- 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.