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People will soon be able to access Allen County court documents online, for a fee.
The county commissioners Friday approved a contract with DoxPop of Richmond to place public court documents on the Internet.
Clerk Therese Brown said the service will give attorneys, researchers and the general public a way to access lawsuits and other filings from their homes.
The service doesn’t cost the county anything because the company charges a fee to people wanting to access the information.
The firm charges a monthly access fee from $25 to $450 based on how often someone plans to use the site.
Brown said she has an agreement with the civil court, but she hopes to have approval from the criminal court before the information goes live after the new year.
If the program is successful, Brown said it won’t only provide a convenience for people looking for information, but it also could cut down on some of the requests her staff receives to search for files. She said they will still be responsive to all requests.
The site will not offer access to restricted or confidential materials, Brown said, nor could someone use it to hack into the county’s system because that is a separate system.
In other business, the commissioners also approved paying National Corporate Solutions for Professional Services $10,000 to examine how to make the county’s human resources department more efficient.
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