St. Joseph County adopted Hart InterCivic's
Anthem System for integrated public records management and automated indexing of documents.
In May, county commissioners approved the purchase of the Anthem System and installation commenced. The system implementation is set to be completed in early fall with Anthem replacing an existing system for land records management. The value of the contract is $200,000. St. Joseph County was able to pay for the system with revenues raised through the Michigan Register of Deeds Technology Fund.
The Anthem System will enable St. Joseph County to fully automate the indexing of documents and allow convenient public access, which will enhance productivity and accuracy while protecting data integrity and accessibility to documents.
"I am extremely excited about the benefits of the Anthem System for my office and the citizens of St. Joseph County," said Cynthia L. Jarratt, register of deeds for St. Joseph County. "By offering secure Internet-based transactions as an option to our customers, the register of deeds' office will experience the benefit of less foot traffic and reduced costs. Our customers will experience a great deal of time savings and convenience as the image-based functions of the Anthem System will allow users to eventually view deeds and records from their home computers. Additionally, our customers will now have the flexibility of added payment options, including cash, check, credit card, escrow account or voucher account."
