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Douglas County (Omaha), NE Records To Go Online
May 01, 2011 posted by Steve Brownstein
(From the Editor, Steven Brownstein, A Note: Omaha Nenbraska has always beenone of thr toughest circuits to get a court record check accomplished.)
Douglas County officials are hoping a new system will save people a trip to the courthouse.
Court records will be available online.
It’s been 3 ½ years of scanning half a million documents from local court cases, and now, Douglas County is ready to join the rest of the state on Nebraska's court management system called JUSTICE.
“Is it the right thing to do, and is it good to have all court systems in state of Nebraska on one system? The answer clearly to that is yes,” Clerk of the District Court John Friend said.
Users can get online and search for their case by name, case number, judge or attorney.
“Don’t have to call, don't have to ask questions. Nothing. Put your name in, do a search, you'll be able to see that record online,” Friend said.
Local attorneys, such as Mark Quandahl, are excited about the update.
“It saves us a lot of time and lot of expense in actually going to the courthouse and actually talking to courthouse personnel or calling them up on the phone, if we can just do it right on our computer screen,” Quandahl said.
It will also benefit the general public. Citizens can access records now, and by summer, they'll be able to pay certain fines and judgments online.
“It’s nice to have our government getting to the point private businesses are, in that they're being more accessible, being more transparent, good not just for lawyers, good for all Nebraskans,” Quandahl said.
Accessing JUSTICE is not free. There's a fee per search.
For more information, you can call 402-444-7658 or visit the Douglas County Clerk of the District Court online.
Website: http://clerk.dc4dc.com/
