County report card · Utah
Davis County, Utah
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 378,470
- 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.txtNot checked
- Terms of useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: www.co.davis.ut.us/county-info/memorial-courthouse, www.daviscountyutah.gov/clerk/record-requests/public-records, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/election/voter-insight, www.co.davis.ut.us/health/health-services/birth-death-certificates/vital-records, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/election/election-results-group/historical-results, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/marriage/information, www.co.davis.ut.us/recorder/property-search, www.co.davis.ut.us/property-search, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/election/how-where-to-vote/information, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/election/elections, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/passports, www.co.davis.ut.us/assessor/personal-property, www.co.davis.ut.us/recorder/property-watch/, www.co.davis.ut.us/clerk/record-requests/public-records, www.co.davis.ut.us/assessor
Doing well
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
Room to grow
- Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
What to ask for
Three low-cost protections that residents in other counties have found valuable:
1. Adding robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers
2. Including a Terms of Use that prohibits automated access
3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed (per the AZ, FL, HI, IL, UT model)
The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.