About Us
CourthouseUSA has developed a proprietary web-based solution that leverages open source technology for harvesting, aggregating, querying and visually displaying the current official public record on a geographic and tabular basis.
The database development approach CUSA has taken and the leading edge technology that supports it, has enabled CUSA to accept data from local governments “as-is” and then create a seamless fabric across the borders of participating jurisdictions thus producing a uniform, searchable database. With this current and accurate data repository offering cross-boundary access to government data, CUSA provides a unique toolset for entrepreneurs to develop business solutions (3rd party applications) that will serve both the private and public sectors nationwide.
A public private partnership is an ideal way for local government to recoup tax revenue lost as a result of the decline in the housing market, as well as, recoup for the taxpayers their investment in expensive but necessary property information systems. Property data will always be free at the courthouse, city hall or online, but for those users throughout the country with an immediate or inordinate need for property information, CourthouseUSA stands ready 24/7 to meet the need. It costs local governments nothing to join, participation is non-exclusive, non-binding and yet local government receives 50% of the revenue from the sale of data, licensing data for 3rd party applications and advertising on their individual web pages and reports.
The key to CourthouseUSA’s success is its partners, from both the public and private sectors. The public sector has the data the private sector needs, while innovators and entrepreneurs stand ready to develop the applications that will allow users from a single common database to search across jurisdictional boundaries.
