FAQs
- What is iDocket.com?
- How does it work?
- Who can view property record information on iDocket.com?
- What type of the property record information is available in iDocket.com?
- Which counties can I view on the iDocket.com Emerald web site?
- Can I view property record documents on the iDocket.com Emerald web site?
- Do I have to pay a fee to use iDocket.com?
- Why does iDocket.com charge a fee? Aren't property records "public information?"
- Can I still obtain property record information directly from the courthouse if I wish?
- When will information from all courts be available on iDocket.com?
- Can computer hackers use iDocket.com to destroy information located on the clerk's computers?
Q. What is iDocket.com?
A. In short, iDocket.com is an Internet database of court case and property record information. Clerks of Court maintain court case information in state and county courthouses throughout the United States. Much of this information is available for personal inspection at the clerk's office where the records are stored. Now, for selected courts, iDocket.com brings the courthouse to you by making court case information available on the Internet. The same hold true for property and official public records. County Clerks throughout Texas, maintain their official public records and property record instruments in their offices – through the utilization of our Internet database of property record information, these records are easily accessible via the web.
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Q. How does it work?
A. iDocket.com offers convenient Internet access to public property record information. It is an on-line database that can be used to search property records filed in various counties. iDocket.com gives desk top access to property and other public records that users would normally be required to request by mail or retrieve in person from the courthouse. Information for iDocket.com is extracted from the county clerk's database daily and loaded onto the iDocket.com Internet website so that users may do a "virtual inspection" of property records.
iDocket.com provides the following information:
· Grantor, Grantee, or both
· Instrument Number
· Filing Dates
· Instrument type, i.e. deeds, liens, notices, probate, deeds of trust, etc.
· Vol/Book, Page/Frame
· Legal Description
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Q. Who can view the property record information on iDocket.com?
A. Anyone with access to the Internet can browse the property record information that resides in the iDocket.com web site.
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Q. What type of the property record information is available in iDocket.com?
A. Generally, any document/instrument that the clerk would file in their property records or what is sometimes referred to as “Official Public Records” would be available. Examples would include deed records, federal and state tax liens, child support liens, notices concerning property records, leases, oil/mineral/gas records and probate records that are concerned with property rights.
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Q. Which counties can I view on the iDocket.com Emerald site?
A. To determine which counties are presently available on iDocket.com, at the search screen, the “County” drop down box will indicate what county property records are available.
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Q. Can I view property record documents on the iDocket.com Emerald site?
A. Yes…property record information, indexes, etc, as well as document images are available. Access may depend on your type of subscription.
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Q. Do I have to pay a fee to use iDocket.com?
A. We require a subscription fee to defray the costs of placing the property record information on the world wide web. (You may retrieve the information about iDocket.com Subscription Plans by closing this window and clicking the Services button on the iDocket.com home page and then the iDocket.com Subscription Plans link on the Services page.)
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Q. Why do I have to pay a fee? Aren't property records "public information"?
A.iDocket.com provides services as well as information. iDocket.com begins its service by consolidating, on its web site, information from many clerk’s offices. Then iDocket.com makes this information available day and night, seven days per week to Internet users statewide, nationwide and worldwide. In addition, because iDocket.com stores information from multiple counties, iDocket.com provides a means for its users (1) to move virtually from courthouse to courthouse in minutes and (2) to broadcast grantor, grantee and other property record searches over multiple counties. iDocket.com users, rather than hitting the road, merely click a mouse in order to travel county to county, courthouse to courthouse and record to record.
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Q. Can I still obtain property record information directly from the courthouse if I wish?
A. Property record information remains available from the courthouse. (Courthouse fees for searching, copying, faxing mailing, etc.—whether established by local rules or state statutes—may be determined by contacting the clerk directly.)
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Q. When will all counties be available on iDocket.com?
A. iDocket.com is attempting to bring additional counties onto iDocket.com web site as soon as possible. Many counties are ready and eager to use the latest technology to better serve the public—these counties are merely waiting for iDocket.com to bring them onto the Internet as soon as possible. Other county clerks wish to continue their current over-the-counter, telephone/fax services for the public.
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Q. Can computer hackers use iDocket.com to destroy information located on the clerk's computers?
A. No. The computers at the iDocket.com web site are not connected to the courts' computers. Rather, the courts send court case information to iDocket.com then iDocket.com places the case information on its world wide web computers. iDocket.com neither requires nor expects the courts computers to be on the Internet.
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