Go to your local land records office, it's self serve, and they still charge you over and above the actual cost for copies...
John Sessoms wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" > > >> I also don't believe that you should be required to pay for copies. >> Well that's not true, if the fees were actually paying what the >> copies were worth, that would be fine. Especially since actual costs >> of running the office are already paid for by tax dollars. You can >> make all the hand copies you want. However just try to make a copy >> with an electronic device. If you brought your own hand scanner you >> will either a.) not be allowed to use it or b.) be charged a fee for >> copying a public record. Sometimes exactly the same fee as if you >> were using the copy machine. This is unconscionable. The fees are not >> revenue neutral. If they were I wouldn't object. >> > > That's why I put "revenue neutral" in quotations. They aren't, but > that's the explanation. > > The real reason for the fees is they're pissed at you for making them do > work to get the records out for inspection. > > Accessing the electronic version doesn't require any extra work on their > part, but they gotta charge a fee for that to justify the fees they > charge for copies of the paper records. > > BUT, it's an equal opportunity piss-off ... there's no discrimination > against the tax-paying public; they get the same surly lack of service > the legal professionals get, although I guess the lawyers and the > newspapers can deduct the subscription fees from their taxes as a > business expense. > > >> John Sessoms wrote: >> >>> From: "P. J. Alling" >>> >>> >>> >>>> I don't belong to any service, when I click on the link below it >>>> takes me to a page with the Docket for the case. You only have to >>>> log in to read the details. This I believe should be open to >>>> everyone. It's a public proceeding, but apparently the public >>>> isn't trusted with public knowledge. >>>> >>>> >>> It *IS* open to the public. Anyone can subscribe. >>> >>> This is a "revenue neutral" access site, i.e. they cover the costs >>> of providing records online with subcription fees rather than >>> taxes. >>> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
