Blackford County Historical Indexes Available Dating Back to 1967!

 Thank you to Chris Landis and the staff of the Blackford County Recorder's office!

We are proud to announce that Blackford County and their Recorder, Chris Landis, have finished a scanning project that will provide access to even more Historical General Index Books! These indexes cover the years from 1967-1997 and are available on Doxpop here: https://www.doxpop.com/prod/in/recorder/ManualIndex/18180

It is always exciting to provide more access to public records. Having these original historical indexes scanned and available online will protect the original records while allowing our team to make them available for browsing online. To see all scanned indexes available through Doxpop, navigate to the "recorded document" tab, and choose any county from the "View Historical Indexes" box located below the recorded documents search box.

A major motivation for putting the old book indexes online is ensure everyone is able to utilize these historical indexes after hours and on the weekend. With these records always available, you will be able to look through them just as you would in the office.

To browse the scanned indexes, select the type of index you want to view, then select a year range or book label. You will find each book broken down by first letter of last name, which will open to the pages you'd like to view. When you find the Book & Page you'd like to view, you may enter that into the search area in the upper right corner of your viewing window. This will direct you to a search result for that record so that you can find the correct image for the document you need.

Again, we want to send thanks and appreciation to Recorder Chris Landis and Chief Deputy Kelli Schriver for all of their work on this project.

Fee Increase for Recorded Document Copies to Take Effect on March 1.

Beginning on March 1, 2026, Doxpop will begin charging the following fees for copies of Recorded Document images:

• At the free searching level: $2.10/page.
• At the 20 & 60 per month subscription search levels: $1.45/page.
• At all subscription levels above 60 searches/month: $1.13/page.

At all levels, we've added 10 cents per page that is being used to defray the costs of maintaining the index and image data feed from the counties to our system.

At the highest volume level, we've added an additional 3 cents that goes to Doxpop to defray the costs of transaction processing. The two lower volume levels already had the transaction fee built in when we set our original copy fee rates in 2008. (This will be the first copy fee increase in 18 years.)

Note that at all levels, we remit $1/page to the Recorder (Indiana) or Register of Deeds (Michigan), so the bulk of the money collected goes to County offices, where it is used primarily to preserve records.

The bottom line is that most of our users will see a 13% increase for page fees. This will be the first copy fee increase in 18 years.

Hancock County Indiana Land Records now available beginning 1968

Thank you to Marcia Moore and the staff at the Hancock County Recorder's office!

We have more exciting news coming from one of our Recorders' offices. In Hancock County, you are now able to view online indexes for all document types dating back to 1968! This is all thanks to the hard work of Recorder Marcia Moore, First Deputy Nicole Parcell, and the staff of the Hancock County Recorder's Office. 

As many of our users are aware, difficult projects like these are important to improving public access to records online. By providing these indexes, Hancock County has made it easier for property owners and title researchers to locate the information they need without making a trip to the county annex building. This information is available 24/7 on the Doxpop website. 

Please join us in thanking Marcia Moore and the entire Hancock County Recorder's Office. This is another great step towards making all public records available at your fingertips!

The delayed Indiana E-Filing transition: What to expect.

OK, so now that the E-Filing transition has been delayed, what's next? You'll find scheduling information and next steps to prepare below.

First, the new schedule. As before, the folks at the State are making no firm commitments. We believe that the change will likely occur in March. For now, we're guessing mid-March but preparing for March 1, just in case.

That means that although there's less stress involved in the schedule, it's time to start preparing again. Here are the main issues to prepare for:

1. The financial records of your past filing fees will not be moved to the new system. Doxpop has existing tools that allow you to download all of this historical financial information in a format you can import into a spreadsheet in case you need it later.
2. The new system includes a new method for registering E-Filers and setting up "firm" accounts. That means you'll need to set up a new account to E-File. Since this only needs to happen once during the transition, it's not a big deal, and in fact we're looking at it as an opportunity for some firms to get a fresh start with a structure that conforms to best practices. We hope there will be an opportunity to set these accounts up in advance, and are pushing for that approach.
3. The new system *might* be missing the service contact attachments for existing cases. (We haven't been told whether the State plans to transfer this information.) This is a bigger deal because of the requirement to serve opposing parties a copy of every pleading. If the information isn't brought forward to the new system, we're prepared with existing tools that allow you to automatically attach the service contact you designate to every case where you or the attorney you work for are the attorney of record. 

Here's how to prepare:

• We've been reaching out to every E-Filer via email and, in some cases, phone, to determine who your E-Filing account administrator is. If you got an email with a link to this blog post, you're the person we think is the account admin, so you're the person who needs to do the tasks outlined below:

1. Preserving financial information is something you can get started on right away, since it means downloading financial records for the last year. It makes sense to download all of your 2025 records now, and then at the close of each month, download the records for the month so when the transition occurs, you've already got most of the information you need, and only have to run a quick report for the last few weeks. Instructions for that process are in this blog post: https://blog.doxpop.com/2025/12/step-one-in-preparing-for-transition-to.html
2. We hope the State will open up registration for the new system a week or more before the transition. As soon as the new E-filing accounts can be set up, we'll be sending you the instructions for how to do that for your firm, and then standing by to help if you run into problems. In late February, we'll be asking you to preserve your firm's user and attorney information using the process outlined in this blog post: https://blog.doxpop.com/2025/12/step-two-in-preparing-for-transition-to.html. The records you preserve during this process will ensure you don't forget someone.
3. Re-attaching service contacts is an easy and automated process using our tools. We can't do this in advance, so on the day of the transition, you'll need to do this once for each attorney in your firm. It takes less than a minute per attorney to start the process, so it's important, but easy. This process uses an existing tool that is documented in in the first section of this training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wwiQlVHxM. You may want to review this video in advance so you are familiar with the process.

It is important to remember that nothing significant will change about the E-Filing process. After you've handled the brief transition tasks above, you're done, and your E-Filing work can continue using the same tools you've been using for the past few years. We're making every effort to keep that part of our system stable so most users won't even notice the change.