Volume 8 Issue 2

Accessing U.S. Land Title Records through the Internet*

DAVID A. THOMAS**

As individual counties in some states in the United States of America are computerising land title records, a few are introducing protocols so title insurance companies and other professional title searchers can obtain search access to those records from off-site locations, including through the Internet. Full public access may soon follow. This paper will explore the background of this development and examine the public policy and legal issues that arise from this new use of the Internet.

** Professor of Law J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University Provo, Utah, U.S.A.