County report card · Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah
UncertainAudited 2026-08-24
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 1,216,274
- 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 useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: www.slco.org/assessor/, slco.org/data-services/, auditor.slco.org/, slco.org/treasurer/, apps.saltlakecounty.gov/assessor/new/ParcelViewer/index.html?query=Parcel_Viewer_external_3634_5,parcel_id,
Doing well
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
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 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.