The Florida Senate

28.2221  Electronic access to official records.--

(1)  The Legislature finds that a proper and legitimate state purpose is served by providing the public with access to public records and information on the Internet and hereby determines that the provisions of this section fulfill and further an important state interest.

(2)  No later than January 1, 2002, the county recorder in each county shall provide a current index of documents recorded in the official records of the county for the period beginning no later than January 1, 1990, on a publicly available Internet website which shall also contain a document requisition point for obtaining images or copies of the documents reflected in the index and which has the capability of electronically providing the index data to a central statewide search site.

(3)  Each county recorder shall use appropriate Internet security measures to ensure that no person has the ability to alter or to modify any public record.

(4)  Unless otherwise provided by law, no information retrieved electronically pursuant to this section shall be admissible in court as an authenticated document.

(5)  By January 1, 2006, each county recorder shall provide for electronic retrieval, at a minimum, of images of documents referenced as the index required to be maintained on the county's official records website by this section.

History.--s. 2, ch. 2000-164.