New Castle Courier Times prints nice article about Doxpop's Property Watch Service.

Following up on a recent public demonstration, the Courier Times in New Castle Indiana has published a nice article describing the property watch service that Doxpop provides at no cost to recorders who partner with us for their public access needs:

http://www.thecouriertimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=45&ArticleID=286059

Doxpop's Property Watch Service may be found at http://watch.doxpop.com. The service allows people to set a watch for any documents filed in their local recorder's office that affect their property. The Doxpop Property Watch Service provides eMailed notification within 10 minutes of the time that the document is filed.

There is no cost to either the county or the users of the property watch service. This allows recorders to add a valuable service for their constituents without increased use of public funds.

Franklin County Converts to Odyssey

Franklin County has just made the switch to JTAC's Odyssey System for management of court cases. Luckily, Doxpop's service with the county should not be affected by this recent conversion. All Franklin County court records found on the state funded Odyssey site can also be found on Doxpop.  In addition, you are also able to utilize Doxpop's many features such as calendars, email alerts, and advanced searching with Franklin County court cases.

However, there are two changes you should be aware of:

1) Online payment for traffic infractions in Franklin County is no longer available through our services.

2) The other change is the lack of financial information that you would normally find in the case summary of other Doxpop partner courts. The Indiana Division of State Court Administration has informed us that the clerks using the Odyssey system prefer that financial information not be made public. The Clerks in the other counties we serve have decided that this is useful information that the public should have access to, so we're puzzled that only Clerks using Odyssey have decided not to share this information. If you think financial transactions are an important part of the public record, please ask the clerks you work with to contact the Division about making it available through Doxpop.

Scott County Recorder Joins Doxpop

The Scott County Recorder is pleased to announce two new services for providing access to Scott County's Recorded documents through the web. 

The index to documents and their images filed in October, 1991 or later are now available on-line at http://www.doxpop.com. Basic information about the documents is available at no cost. Detailed information and documents images are available as a fee-based service. 

In addition, The Recorder's Office now offers a free property watch service to our community. Any person may sign up at http://watch.doxpop.com to set a watch on his or her property and name. Participants are notified via email any time a document is filed that references the watched property or name.  

Both of these services have been provided without any use of public funding (no use of tax money.) The access provided by these services is in addition to the public access already provided at the courthouse. 

For additional information, contact Annalee Turley at  the Recorder's Office, (812) 752-8442 or Nick Fankhauser at Doxpop, LLC; (765) 373-9245; nickf@doxpop.com.

 

 

 

Porter County Records Are Now Complete!

We have a bit of exciting news to share with you this week! Porter County is now filing all court case information online. This includes the addition of both criminal and civil court cases to the Doxpop network.

Previously, only Porter County traffic and other citation case information was available through Doxpop.

Porter County court case information beginning in January 2000 is now available to all Doxpop users. Visit www.doxpop.com to sign up today!

New & Improved! The Document Image Previewer Gets Even Better.

Doxpop is very excited to introduce a new feature that we think is going to make many of our customers very happy.

One of the most common requests we get is for the ability to view documents before purchasing them, or to be able to look for one specific piece of information such as a mortgage amount or property address. Previously you may have found it difficult to obtain this information using only the thumbnail preview images.

To solve this problem, we have been working on a viewer that allows our users to view a few lines of the document at a time through a window that can be placed at any point on the document. Think of it as your own personal Doxpop magnifying glass.

We think that by using our new and improved window viewer, the information that you seek will be much easier to find.

Full size images of documents are still available for as little as $1.00 per page.

Do you have two minutes to spare? Please view our demonstration video below to see a quick demonstration of our new preview window. We think you're going to love it.

Whitley County Joins Doxpop Fine Payment

Doxpop is excited to announce our second new addition to the growing list of counties providing our online Fine Payment service this week.

Please join us giving our friends in Whitley County a warm welcome.

Whitley County handles citations for drivers in Columbia City and surrounding areas such as Fort Wayne, Wabash, and Warsaw. Major highways that pass through Whitley County include US 24, US 30, and US 33, as well as Indiana State Roads 5, 9, 14, 105, 109, 114, and 205.

Drivers who may receive citations in these areas can now make an online payment quickly and easily by visiting http://payment.doxpop.com.

LaGrange County Joins Doxpop Fine Payment

Doxpop is pleased to announced the addition of LaGrange County to our growing list of Indiana counties providing this convenient service.

The LaGrange County courts handle many citations of drivers from the area and surrounding areas such as South Bend and Elkhart. The Indiana Toll Road as well as Interstates 80 and 90 pass through LaGrange Counties. Drivers who receive a citation in LaGrange County now have the option of paying their fees online at http://payment.doxpop.com and saving a trip to the courthouse.

Make sure to keep an eye on our website as we anticipate even more Indiana counties to begin using Doxpop's Online Fine Payment system.

Allen County Courts Complete their migration to the Odyssey System

Over the last weekend, JTAC completed the conversion of Allen County courts to the Odyssey system that they began in early 2011. Our customers' access to Allen County court information will not be interrupted by this change.

For Doxpop, the last three years have involved some challenges as we combined data feeds from two sources to provide complete case information, and recently weathered some lengthy interruptions caused by the conversion process itself.

For Doxpop users, this last change will have little effect on your use of Doxpop. Criminal, Citation and Probate cases were converted some time ago, and hence are completely unaffected. Civil cases other than probate will go through a transitional process, but *current* information will remain available during the transition.

 Here are the details you need to remain current on civil cases during the transition between now (10/15) and the first week of November:

• When searching for active cases, you may find two entries. One entry will include only information from before 10/14 and the other entry will include all information, including actions that occurred after 10/14. In this situation, please look at both entries to ensure that you have the most current information.
• If you see only a single entry for a case, that indicates that no action has occurred on the case since 10/14 and so the single pre-conversion entry still reflects the most current information for that case.
• When you look at our "County Details Page", you will find two entries for courts that handle civil cases until the data from both systems are merged.
• If you use any of our "watch" services to keep an eye on cases or people of interest, you may receive extra notifications during the transition period.
• If you use the personal calendar feature, you will see two colors for Allen County on your calendar. Every event will still be listed, but the active cases will have a different color from those that have not changed recently.
• After the first week of November, we will merge the court information so that a single, current record exists for each case, and everything will be back to normal.

Watch this blog for an announcement when the transition is complete.

How Do You Celebrate Pro Bono Awareness Month?

October is Pro Bono Awareness Month. 

2013 Indianapolis Bar President, Kerry Hyatt Blomquist, makes a compelling case for doing pro bono work to attorneys in her short article "Using your Powers for Good: Build Your Practice with Pro Bono", recently published in the Indianapolis Bar Association insert in the Oct. 9-22, 2013 issue of the Indiana Lawyer. 

Doxpop supports the pro bono effort in Indiana by providing free Doxpop access to the Pro Bono District Coordinators and the staff in their offices. We also are pleased to provide a substantial matching gift again this year in raising funds for our locally supported pro bono office.

Please join us in encouraging and thanking Indiana attorneys across the state who use their powers for good by assisting those who deserve better representation than they can afford, and who become better lawyers in the process.

Brown County Recorder Joins Doxpop

The Brown County Recorder is pleased to announce two new services for providing
access to Brown County's Recorded documents through the web.

The index to documents and their images filed in July, 1988 or later are now available
on-line at http://www.doxpop.com. Basic information about the documents is available
at no cost. Detailed information and documents images are available as a fee-based
service.

In addition, The Recorder's Office now offers a free property watch service to our
community. Any person may sign up at http://watch.doxpop.com to set a watch on his or
her property and name. Participants are notified via email any time a document is filed
that references the watched property or name.

Both of these services have been provided without any use of public funding (no use of
tax money.) The access provided by these services is in addition to the public access
already provided at the courthouse.

For additional information, contact Sandy Cain at the Recorder's Office, (812) 988-5462
or Nick Fankhauser at Doxpop, LLC; (765) 373-9245; nickf@doxpop.com.