Register of Deeds Offices in Racine and Washington Counties, Wisconsin, Initiate Electronic Document Recording.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 Mark Ladd and Sharon Martin, register of deeds The designation, in certain jurisdictions, of the public officers who record documents that establish ownership of property, mortgages, and other instruments that relate to real property in official record books provided and maintained for such purpose. for Racine and Washington counties Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named for George Washington. It is the most common county name in the United States. in Wisconsin, announced the successful installation and integration of paperless electronic document recording technology today, adding to the growing number of leading recording offices across the nation that are conducting business-to-government digital commerce and electronic recording of land records. The recently installed Ingeo Electronic Recording System in both Racine and Washington counties was integrated with their existing Land Records Management software from TriMin Systems to allow mortgage servicers to prepare and submit digital lien releases to the county register of deeds offices without using a single piece of paper. The electronically submitted documents can be manually or automatically processed without any human intervention, reducing recording time from days or weeks to an average of 45 seconds, with overall processing times of minutes. Ingeo and TriMin applications use advanced digital document technology based on the industry's SMART document standards, endorsed by national recording, banking, and mortgage industries. Secure communication standards keep all document interactions and transmissions private. Digital signatures verify document content and signer identity, providing important non-repudiation for submitted records. The successful project began almost a year ago when Ladd and Dorothy "Tina" Gonnering, now retired register of deeds for Washington County, considered implementation of an all-electronic recording system that would result in a totally integrated system. The counties jointly selected Ingeo's Electronic Recording System to integrate with TriMin System's Land Records Management System (LRMS LRMS Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry LRMS Low Rate Messaging Service LRMS Long Range Missile System LRMS Local Resource Management System ) already in use for five years in both county offices. Since TriMin's LRMS runs on the counties' existing IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) iSeries computers, the integrated solution protects the technology investments the counties have already made. Both counties had similar technology solutions and recording processes in place and chose to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the synergy of a joint project approach, creating a project team consisting of county technology support personnel, both county register of deeds, as well as personnel from Ingeo and TriMin Systems. Later, team members were added from Educators Credit Union and Associated Bank, the submitters of electronically prepared documents that participated in the installation project and are continuing use of the electronic recording system. As a leader in initiating national land records management standards, and an active member in national recorders associations, Ladd has been on the forefront of digital document automation efforts. His involvement in national efforts has contributed to the realization of electronic recording across the nation, and now in his own county. "I feel like I've been pushing a big rock up a very steep hill Steep Hill is a popular tourist street in the historic city of Lincoln, UK. At the top of the hill you will find the entrance to the Cathedral and at the bottom is Well Lane. The Hill consists of independent shops, tea rooms and pubs. for a long time and it's finally going to go over the edge tomorrow," said Ladd on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the county's first successful electronic recording. With Gonnering's retirement pending, early project efforts included her successor, Sharon Martin. Martin's early involvement in the project, before Gonnering's retirement, made for an easy transition in this role of authority. Gonnering said numerous times the day the first documents were processed, "This is better than retirement. This is so exciting!" Martin echoed those sentiments: "This new system is bringing major innovation to our office. What a great way to start my role as a newly elected register of deeds." Ingeo's electronic recording application, eRecord, is completely integrated with the county's current backend system, LRMS from TriMin Systems. To facilitate integration, an XML-based integration plan was created. Rather than integrating code or sharing a common database, document data is updated by passing an XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. file back and forth between the two systems. The integration of these two solutions was completed without actually sharing proprietary information. "Completing this integration with Ingeo opens the door for all our clients to benefit from total electronic document recording, using the best of what this new and exciting technology has to offer today. We anticipate that many of our clients will be interested in this integrated solution," said Bill Mori, vice president at TriMin Systems. The register of deeds offices invited Associated Bank and Educators Credit Union to participate in submitting electronic mortgage satisfactions. Each document submitted was prepared using Ingeo's ePrepare web-based service. The documents were digitally signed Any message or key that has been encrypted with a digital signature. When a user's public key is digitally signed by a certification authority (CA), it is known as a digital certificate or digital ID. See digital signature and digital certificate. and notarized and then transferred electronically to the respective county's server hosting Ingeo's eRecord application, completing the recording process and returning recorded documents electronically to the submitting party. "The benefit of being able to access legally recorded documents within a few minutes is an enormous benefit to our customers," says Eileen Flugaur, supervisor of Associated Bank's pay-off department. "We see this innovative process having a very positive impact on our ability to provide improved services to our customers," said Jim Henderson
The successful installation of Ingeo's Electronic Recording System in Washington and Racine counties marks many firsts for Ingeo. It is the first successful project completing two simultaneous but separate installations with one project team. Additionally, it was the first integration with TriMin Systems on an IBM iSeries computer platform. "Our product's flexibility has been proven with the completion of this project," said Todd Hougaard, Ingeo's president and innovator of Ingeo's electronic recording solution. "The future of electronic recording is a proven reality and I'm very excited about the near future technology innovations Ingeo will offer to the industry." About Washington County Washington County, with more than 120,000 residents, is one of the fastest growing Wisconsin counties, strategically located between Milwaukee and the Fox River Valley cities to the north. The area is home to historic landmark buildings including Holy Hill-National Shrine of Mary near the Ice Age Trail and the Old Courthouse in West Bend's cultural district, as well as two modern college campuses--University of Wisconsin -Washington County and Moraine moraine (mərān`), a formation composed of unsorted and unbedded rock and soil debris called till, which was deposited by a glacier. The till that falls on the sides of a valley glacier from the bounding cliffs makes up lateral moraines, Park Technical College-West Bend. Agriculture related businesses, manufacturing and printing, information technology and data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , and finance and insurance are strengths and focal points focal point n. See focus. for continued development. More information about Washington County including the Register of Deeds Office can be found at www.co.washington.wi.us or by calling 262-335-4318. About Racine County Racine County, Wisconsin Racine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2006, the population was 196,096. Its county seat is Racine6. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,051 km² (792 mi²). , is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. With an estimated population of just under 190,000 living on 333 square miles, Racine is the third most densely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. county in Wisconsin. A major manufacturing center for most of its 167-year history, Racine County, is now positioning itself to be a leader in advanced technology and innovation. For additional information regarding Racine County and the Register of Deeds office, visit www.racineco.com or call (262) 636-3709. About Ingeo As a leader in the electronic document industry, Ingeo helps businesses and government agencies increase efficiency by providing secure electronic document solutions. Ingeo's products enable the preparation, management, and validation of digital documents and transactions, facilitating the automation of many repetitive, paper-based processes, saving both time and money. More information about Ingeo and its products can be found at www.ingeo.com or by calling (435) 755-9837. About TriMin Systems TriMin Systems focuses on achieving business objectives for the government sector through successful implementation of information systems and technology. TriMin provides total solutions including hardware, application software, training, implementation, consulting, custom development and support. TriMin's products include Land Records Management (e-recording interface, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , graphical interface See GUI. , & accounting / receipting), Torrens, Vital Statistics, and Integrated Financial Systems. TriMin's products complement e-recording solutions by providing integration to existing land records management and imaging solutions. For more information about TriMin's products and services, go to www.triminsystems.com or call (651) 636-7667. About Associated Bank Associated Banc-Corp Associated Banc-Corp is a bank holding company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As of early 2007, it had $20.8 billion in assets and was the 41st largest bank holding company in the United States.[1] The company has over 5101 employees. , headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., is a diversified multi-bank holding company with $15 billion in total assets. Associated serves individuals and small and large businesses with a full array of deposit, lending and wealth management services through more than 200 banking locations across Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. For more information, contact Jon Drayna, Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. at jon.drayna@associatedbank.com or call (920) 491-7006. About Educators Credit Union Educators Credit Union (ECU ECU See: European Currency Unit ECU See European Currency Unit (ECU). ) originated in Racine, Wisconsin Racine is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States, located beside Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River.[2] As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 79,592.[3] It is the county seat of Racine County. in 1937 as the Racine Teachers' Credit Union. Since then ECU has grown to service all Southeastern Wisconsin's educators, as well as government & healthcare employees and students of post-secondary schools and colleges. ECU members enjoy access to a full range of financial products, in addition to high quality, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. service. ECU offers free checking, savings for any purpose, loans for any reason, free electronic services, retirement, investment and estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the , a vehicle acquisition program, and much more. ECU is not-for-profit and has twelve full-service locations throughout Southeast Wisconsin. For more information, contact Rebecca Secor, at rebeccas@ecu.com or call (262) 884-6683. |
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