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Article: Manatee goes electronic: Supreme Court allows the county to pioneer paperless court records while protecting confidential information.
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- Florida Bar News
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- July 1, 2007
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With the Florida Supreme Court's blessing, Manatee County Clerk of Court R.B. "Chips" Shore has launched the first real-world test of electronic access to court records that he hopes will pave the way for the entire state.
On June 14, this pioneer in paperless courts began a one-year pilot program in Manatee County intended to demonstrate to the court and skeptics that it is possible to protect confidential information while opening court records up to public scrutiny through online convenience.
The pilot's goal, he said, is to provide experimental electronic access to court records through its Web site and to gather information for the court so it can ...