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Article: ONLINE COURT RECORDS THE ISSUE: TIRED OF WAITING FOR STATEWIDE SYSTEM, VANDERBURGH COUNTY MOVES FORWARD ON ITS OWN. OUR VIEW: STATE SUPREME COURT SHOULD RESOLVE INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN STATE PROJECT AND PRIVATE VENDOR. [Corrected 04/02/08]
- Article from:
- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2008
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Anyone who has ever tracked down their Vanderburgh County court
records at the Civic Center knows what a hassle it is. Every day,
people queue up at Room 219, waiting their turn at one of four
public computer terminals where they can look up basic court
records. Customers have to squeeze in past a copy machine, the room
is stuffy, the old computer system is slow, and the data available -
dates, case numbers and brief summaries - is limited. To see actual
court documents, you must go to the Clerk's Office and request the
case file, assuming it's not checked out.
Unnecessary trips to the Civic Center could be avoided if basic
court records were on the Internet - an idea the county has studied ...