Long held records on paper within the Superior Court Clerk’s office in the Polk County Courthouse will soon be available in digital form, including those that date back more than a century.
Last week, Polk County Superior Court Clerk Stacie Baines reported on her Facebook page a preview of the work being done by Kofile, a company that does document scanning and collection for online databases. She met with representatives from the company during an annual training session for Superior Court Clerks across the state – that also included a brief stop in from Governor Brian Kemp.
When the project is fully completed, the new web-based interface will allow those seeking to complete deed and document searches related to what’s on file for ownership of property, dating back to times when it was kept by hand and signatures recorded in books that are now decades old and in danger of becoming lost if not handled with care.
Digital copies of the records will allow people to search for information without having to go through a lengthy process of finding the specific books within the Clerks Office archives.
Here’s the full post from Baines’ facebook page last week:
I’m so excited Polk County- I can’t keep it a secret any longer!Soon all plats and deed books including index books will be available to you at the touch of your computer through Quick Link provided by my deed vendor Kofile. A sample of the Quick Link for Polk County was on display at my Superior Court Clerk’s training this week. I am waiting on a few more books to be preserved so they can be scanned and then we go LIVE! This is a huge step preserving Polk County land history!
Check back for more on how the document scanning process is going in coming weeks and months.
