"Just in land records, we've got more than 1.5 million separate documents, possibly more than four million pages," asserted Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux, who commenced the method when he took office in 1992.

All records weddings, births, probates, civil and criminal court events and more have been filed electronically since that point and his staff is working backward as swiftly as it can. Jagneaux would at last like to get each record online back to the creation of the parish in 1803. In time, he would even like to put online records from the times of French and Spanish rule. St Landry Parish became the 1st clerk of court's office in the state to supply its records online 1 or 2 years gone and local Realtor Shirley Leger calls a blessing for her

business. In the old days, before any sale may be finished, she'd have to devote hours in the courthouse confirming the title to a place or piece of property, checking its chain of possession and more. "When I run a title now, I do it on my PC. I will even do it on Sat. or Sun. at any hour of the day or night.". As a consequence, each document is indexed in six or more ways. For example, somebody researching a legal action can check it out by docket number, by customer, by charge, by either prosecuting or defense attorney, by judge, by date and more. While the move is streamlining the process and saving numerous hours for the general public, Jagneaux stated that it is actually about augmenting his office's potency and decreasing its costs. These charges are set by the state and most have not been increased in years. The job of the clerk's office, which involves collecting, maintaining and accessing all the parish's pubic records, is intensely laborious. "It is coming down to you either need a great quantity of folk or a good PC system," Jagneaux related. "I'm just thrilled I got here in the 1990s when PCs got inexpensive enough and sufficiently good to do the job.

he announced the web nature of the existing system means some staff can now telecommute, saving even additional money. Once a document is scanned, it is available anywhere in the world," Jagneaux recounted. Tina Wyble scans a survey plat into the Clerk of Court's online info system as a part of the clerk's office plan to digitise its more than 4,000,000 documents.