sometimes the online records are not correctl i have run into that here in ohio

If all the records are online then the searches can go over seas. I enjoy the online searches. It makes it so much easier. But I don't enjoy people from other countries doing work that should be done here.

For the kind of work that I do (oil/gas and mineral title work), it's impossible to do a thorough and proper title search online, at least in southwestern PA.  Some of those old coal and mineral severances go back at least 100-120 years.  Online resources are a quick and convenient tool, but no deadline should ever take precedence over a thorough and properly conducted search.

Most documents that are filed in the Circuit court land records here in Maryland are on line, but not the District Court nor circuit court cases that are not specific to the land records filings.  So, that being said, we are still not able to do full searches on line.  While it does reduce our turn around time a bit, my abstractors usually can get me a full search and copies within 3 days.  Because we do a lot of foreclosure work it is necessary for our abstractor to pull circuit court case files and provide us copies of pertinent documents out of those files.  I agree too that if everthing was on line than we would seriously be seeing ALL of our work being outsourced. 

Paula,

Be careful with MyFloridaCounty.com.  I will order some copies there, but there search system is unreliable.  A few months ago, I had clients asking me to pull Gadsden copies of Lis Pendens.  They were showing up on Gadsden clerk site, but could not be located on MFC even though the date range showed that they should be available.  When I called to notify them of the problem, they simply stated that they receive the info from the courthouse.  I told them that it is on the County website, but not on their site.  They basically told me that it wasn't their problem & no action was taken on their part to correct this.  Yesterday, I went to order a certified copy of a Manatee Mortgage from 2007.  Not found on MFC by name, book/page or document #.  It is on the online clerks system.  Their is a major glitch going on, but they seem to have no interest in correcting it.  Be wary of using them as a primary source in any County.

Angela

Sometimes standard courthous records are not correct.

We do searches in 3 states (in person).  Only NC (in our area) has an online public records law.  Of the TN, NC and VA counties we cover, the records either don't go back far enough to cover a full search period, or the accuracy of the database is spotty.   If the online county records don't go back far enough to cover judgments for at least 10 years, what is the point?  I do enough work for customers who do their own searches but need copies of docs that are beyond the purview of the online database.  Why spend the money subscribing to online databases when I can write the mileage off and make sure I can do the complete search all at one time?