Court Website Asks Users If They're Presently Dead

How often does this option get clicked?

By Joe Patrice

onAugust 22, 2024 at 4:03 PMAugust 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM

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Documenting legal transactions requires considering every possible circumstance. And maybe a few less than possible ones.

Mecklenburg County North Carolina’s registry of deeds and other public legal documents has a website. That’s good! But it might have a user experience issue because not EVERY legal document requires the same decision tree…

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Death

Hint: it’s someone else.

Or the county has bigger problems.

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Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter or Bluesky if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.