NOLA Clerks Turn To Internet to Boost Public Records Revenue

Faced with a slumping real estate market, more Louisiana clerks of court are moving public records to the Internet, both as a convenience and a way to shore up their bottom lines.

"It's expensive to do, but I'm hoping it generates a little revenue," said St. Charles Parish Clerk Charles Oubre, who plans to have court records online by September.

Parish clerks' offices are financed entirely by fees levied on legal transactions such as civil suits and real estate transfers. Many clerks have had to dip into surpluses to continue operating.

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Records won’t go online, Terrebonne president says

Plans to compile government records for public viewing in a computer system rather than paper files won’t include putting those documents on the Internet, at least for now, Terrebonne Parish officials said.

But a statewide good-government group says making records available on the parish Web site, www.tpcg.org, should be a priority.

The reality is that citizens still have to drive or walk to the government’s headquarters to view the documents, said Ann Heath, staff attorney and research analyst at the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, or PAR.

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Ex-Angola Guard Pleads Guilty to Filing False Records

A former Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer accused of trying to cover up the cause of an inmate’s death pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Monday.

Calvin R. Sheppard, 31, 4606 Fausse Drive, Baker, was scheduled to go on trial in 20th Judicial Court this week on a malfeasance in office charge, but he reached a plea bargain with prosecutors that gave him a suspended three-year prison sentence for filing a false public record.

Inmate Jonathan Stevenson, 34, was found dead in his cell at the Angola prison’s disciplinary housing unit, Camp J, on Jan. 8, 2007. The prison hospital staff initially thought Stevenson had died of natural causes.

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