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Public Records Safety

County report card · Virginia

Arlington County, Virginia

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24

County website Terms of Use prohibits automated access

Population
239,807
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
Kofile / Granicus

What the audit checked

Four low-cost protections every online records portal can have. How we rate counties.

  • robots.txtNot checked
  • Terms of useNot checked
  • Bot challengeAccess denied to automated clients
  • Owner notificationUnknown

Portal audited: propertysearch.arlingtonva.us/, landrec.arlingtonva.us/public/, www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Maps/Interactive-Maps

Doing well

  • Technical barriers (access_denied) that deter casual bulk access

Room to grow

No gaps confirmed. Some checks could not be completed for this portal, so there may be room the audit could not see.

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.