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County report card · Utah

Washington County, Utah

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24

County website Vendor (Tyler Technologies) prohibits automated data harvesting

Population
207,943
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
Tyler Technologies

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 challengeNone detected
  • Owner notificationAvailable

Portal audited: www.washco.utah.gov/forms/assessor/search/, eweb.washco.utah.gov:8443/recorder/web/splash.jsp, geoprodvm.washco.utah.gov/Html5Viewer/?viewer=WashingtonCounty, www.washco.utah.gov/forms/treasurer/account-information/, parcels.utah.gov/

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

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.