Dallas County recorder Open House
RECORDER NOW HAS ALL RECORDED DOCUMENTS
DATING BACK TO 1850 AVAILABLE ONLINE
Date: September 26, 2017 Contact: Chad C. Airhart
chad.airhart@dallascountyiowa.gov
515-993-5804
Adel, Iowa – Since taking office in 2011, County Recorder Chad Airhart has been on a mission to make
Dallas County more efficient, not only for the functions of government, but also for his constituents. Recently,
Airhart and his staff completed a major project making the Dallas County Recorder’s office more efficient.
With the completion of this project, searching records in Dallas County just got a whole lot easier. In the past
to search for recorded documents, you had to drive to Adel and come into the Recorder’s Office. This could
be a laborious effort searching through old heavy record books. Today, with Cott Systems, the Recorder’s
software system, the public can access millions of recorded public records 24/7 from anywhere with an
internet connection.
This has been a multi-year project, that now has indexed and imaged records back to the late 1960s, and
historic records imaged on a historical records webpage back to Dallas County’s first recorded record book in
1850. All of these records can be searched, viewed, and printed from anywhere.
Recorder Airhart said “Every day the Recorder’s staff is faced with challenges to satisfy the requests of the
public. With the completion of this project, we can provide better and more efficient service, saving us and the
customer time and money.” The Recorder’s Office processes more than 25,000 documents a year. Additionally
the Dallas County Recorder issues thousands of vital records, registers vehicles not designed for the road
(snowmobile, boats & ATVs) for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and serves as a passport
acceptance facility for the U.S. State Department. “We have advanced the office technologically with the
addition of software from Cott Systems, and this has helped us to improve our processes to do more with the
same amount of staff, efficiently accommodating the needs of one of the fastest growing counties in America.”
While the public sees greater access to records there are also other benefits of this projects completion. The
county now has a complete digital library of all of its records, so in the event of a disaster where physical
records might be lost; there will be a continuity of government in the Recorder’s office, uninterrupted due to
record loss. Additionally, because the physical record books will no longer be needed in the Recorder’s
physical space, they can be moved to offsite storage, saving much needed valuable space within the courthouse
where the Recorder’s office is located.
Dallas County, Iowa
Hon. Chad C. Airhart, Recorder
www.DallasRecorder.com
801 Court Street ~ P. O. Box 38 ~ Adel, Iowa 50003-0038
Telephone: 515-993-5804 ~ Fax: 515-993-5970
Date and Time
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
1:30-3:30 pm
Location
Dalas County Recorder Office---Dallas County Courthouse
801 Court Street Room 203
Contact Information
Chad Airhart
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