The Dallas County Auditor’s Office recently completed an overhaul of its historical records, which are now available online.

Prior to the shift, residents looking for things such as land transfer books and historical plats needed to travel to the County office in Adel during business hours and search through the physical record books. However, with the help of the Recorder’s Office and the company Cott Systems, Inc, the Auditor’s records are now available online. County Auditor Julia Helm says the shift was made possible by using special funds set aside by the State of Iowa for record preservation. Typically the funds are earmarked for the Recorder’s Office, but Dallas County Recorder Chad Airhart allowed some of his funds to go to the Auditor. He also helped hook them up with Cott Systems, which Airhart said had handled his own transition to digital records.

Helm adds, she is planning an open house for March 13th to demonstrate the new system. Click the link below to access the Auditor’s online land transfer books and historical plats.

http://cotthosting.com/IADallasExternal/LandRecords/protected/SrchQuickName.aspx