Now that is laughable Steve. Let me see if I get this right. Your telling us that you are not a member of the public because you pay a subscription? I pay a fee for access to the public water system. Does this mean I am not a member of the public?

You seem to insist on some unamed law that guarantees remote access. Public records are mandated to be public but no law that I am aware of mandates they be remotely accessible to a "public" thousands of miles away. In fact, some laws mandate just the opposite. Public notices for example are only valid when published within the jurisdiction.

You also claim that online records in Virginia are complete, accurate and official. Unfortunately the County of Fairfax doesn't agree with you. According to the Court Public Access Network (CPAN) Business Subscriber Agreement.

7. Limitation of Liability

            b. The Subscriber hereby relieves, releases, indemnifies, and holds harmless the County of Fairfax, its Board Supervisors, officers, employees, and agents of any liability for any and all damages resulting from incorrect data or any other misinformation accessed from this service.

 

g. It is acknowledged by the Subscriber that the County of Fairfax, its Board of Supervisors, officers, employees or agents are not a party to this agreement and that the County shall incur no liability hereunder.

 

i.                           The information or data accessed by Subscriber may or may not be the official governmental record required by law. In order to assure the accuracy of the data or information, The Subscriber should consult the official governmental record.

8. Warrantees

 

            Neither the Clerk, deputy clerks, employees, or agents nor the County of Fairfax, its Board of Supervisors, employees or agents expressly or impliedly warrant that the information or data access by Subscriber is accurate or correct. …

Do your clients know you are basing your searches on information that the county itself will not warrant as official, accurate or correct? As a techie guy, I'm sure you know the expression, "Garbage in - Garbage Out"



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