Records can be searched online

DAVENPORT — Changes in the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office now allow some business previously required to be in person to be online, Auditor Chandra Schumacher said this week.

Documents that can be released via public records can be searched online via the Auditor’s website and sent electronically via phone payment.

Online records are currently redacted, Schumacher said, because many old recordings contain social security numbers and other private information. But the public can search for the records, make a request and have records emailed or snail mailed after the Auditor’s Office reviews t...