The new system will preserve records in a digital format and create an online database to search from.
Hundreds of thousands of county land records, legal papers and other public documents will now be readily available in digital format.
The Hudson County Register’s Office, which handles the recording, filing and preserving of all formal written documents, launched the Grancis’ Land and Vitals Records Management solution this month, which will digitize the county’s records into a cloud-based storage.
“Residents are accustomed to accessing information online from their private sector service providers and, as a result, have come to expect that level of service delivery, speed and transparency from government,” said Hudson County Register Diane Coleman. “Hudson County is taking the important step of digitizing records to meet modern citizen expectations and allow for greater flexibility in accessing property records.”
The new system, Coleman added, will preserve records “in the event our physical records are destroyed” — part of the County’s overall disaster recovery plan.
The Register’s Office manages hundreds of thousands of land records, mortgages, assignments, letters of attorney to convey lands and other official public records.
Granicus, a cloud-based solutions provider for local government, has worked with over 4,000 public sector organizations, creating a simplified means of searching and enhancing public viewing capabilities.
“We are pleased to assist the Hudson County Register’s Office with its goal of better serving their constituents as well as increasing access to public records and providing an additional layer of disaster recovery,” said Mike Battaglia, managing director of Granicus Land and Vitals Division. “By automating the management of public records, Granicus solutions reduce the time-intense manual process of document creation and storage.”