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]

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 ...

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