I look at this basically the same way. I would say that the courthouse isn't the only repository of surveys. I have far more surveys recorded outside the county courthouse system than in it. The SEO and O&G commission being two places to find surveys.?ÿ
Of course, those surveys are also records that are available to the public.?ÿ?ÿ
Regarding the [tongue in cheek] portion of the above post, I do keep an original signed and sealed copy of all my land survey plats. However, if the Board was ever interested in seeing one of my plats, I would send them a copy of the deposited or recorded plat, not what I have. The main reason is that the deposited or recorded plat would have the date it was deposited or recorded AND the Reception No. Information that the Board may wish to have.
Thanks for posting this info kscott. I continue to deposit physical plats at the county, but there is still a chance to teach this old dog a new trick. I know the AES Board has been working on digital signatures and they still need to work on that.
@kscott The register of deeds no longer signs them here. I just record through a company called simplifile and they take care of the rest. The register of deeds adds a note to the plat saying that it was electronically recorded.
I sent one off this morning and from the time I sent it to be signed to the time I sent it to be recorded was about five minutes. In fact I just got the recorded plat back as I am typing this, so overall about 15 minutes.
If it is going into the public record, why are you so worried about the security of email.?ÿ As of the legitimacy of the document, that is what third party certificate authorities are for.?ÿ
Its the theft of the digital signature, not the worry of public viewing.?ÿ Doctors/NPs dont prescibe meds with email, due to that very reason.?ÿ Directly connected to a pharmacy, or other, they can digitally prescribe or renew a script, similar with lawyers/courts, title transfer etc.?ÿ Email isn't appropriate for anything confidential or critical, just convenient. Thats all. A signed scanned document is no big deal, except after its scanned, the stamp/signature becomes invalid unless its scanned by the authority that accepted it in the physical form first.
and yes, third party like i mentioned: docusign or other.?ÿ We're saying the same thing i think.