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Court Website Asks Users If They’re Presently Dead: How often does this option get clicked?

By Gerry W. Beyer

Screenshot 2024-08-25 at 6.48.22 PMDocumenting 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…

A question prompt asks “Who is on the Death Certificate?” with answer options being “Myself” or “Someone Else.” Hint: it’s someone else.

Or the county has bigger problems.

For more information see Joe Patrice “Court Website Asks Users If They’re Presently Dead: How often does this option get clicked?” Above the Law, August 22, 2024.

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