How it works

Bots watch the county. You get the CSV.

Our automation checks county websites around the clock. When a new public record is posted, we pull it the same day, clean it, and deliver a CSV you can open in anything.

The pipeline

Four steps. Fully automated.

From the county website to your inbox with no one copying and pasting in between.

STEP 01

Collect

Bots visit each county source on a schedule, many every 15 minutes. They detect new filings, handle logins, captchas and PDFs, and capture the source URL for every record.

  • Clerk, tax, court and code enforcement sites
  • Logins, captchas and scanned PDFs handled automatically
  • Source URL captured with each record
collector — running
09:14:02 GET harris-county clerk … 200
09:14:03 12 new records found
09:14:03 captcha solved (1.8s)
09:14:04 parsed 3 PDF attachments
09:14:05 queued for processing
09:14:06 GET travis-county tax … 200
09:14:07 0 new records, next check 09:29
09:14:08 GET dallas-county courts … retry 1/3
STEP 02

Process

Raw county text is messy. We normalize names, split owner 1 and owner 2, standardize addresses, parse dates, and remove duplicates before anything reaches your file.

  • Names normalized, owner 1 and owner 2 split
  • Addresses standardized, dates parsed
  • Duplicates removed across days and sources
Raw county row
RAMIREZ JOSE A & MARIA L 1204 W ELM ST APT 2 HOUSTON TX 77008 NOD 09/12/2026 2026-48812
Cleaned record
OwnerJose A Ramirez
Owner 2Maria L Ramirez
Mailing Address1204 W Elm St Apt 2, Houston, TX 77008
Property Address1204 W Elm St Apt 2, Houston, TX 77008
Filed2026-09-12
Case #2026-48812
STEP 03

Filter

You choose which record types you want from each county. Need more precision? Attribute filters like equity, occupancy and entity type are available on the Custom Pipeline.

  • Pick record types per county
  • Change your selection any time
  • Custom filters on the Custom Pipeline
Record types · Harris County
Pre-foreclosure Probate Tax delinquent Code violation Eviction Divorce Lien Absentee owner
Exclude LLCsAvailable on custom plans
Owner-occupied onlyAvailable on custom plans
Equity > 30%Available on custom plans
STEP 04

Deliver

Every day you get an email with a download link. Your download portal keeps 90 days of history. The CSV opens in Excel, Google Sheets, or any CRM importer.

  • Daily email with a download link
  • Download portal with 90-day history
  • Plain CSV, works with Excel, Sheets and any CRM
From: CountyDrop <info@countydrop.com>
Your Harris County CSV - 14 new records (Sep 12)

Hi Jason, your Harris County file is ready. 14 new records were posted since yesterday: 9 pre-foreclosures, 3 probate filings, 2 tax delinquent.

harris_county_2026-09-12.csv2.1 KB · 14 rows · 9 columns
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Freshness

Same day. Every day.

A record posted by the county this morning is in your file today. Not next week, not at the end of the month.

Continuous monitoring

Every source has its own schedule. Busy clerk sites are checked every 15 minutes, slower ones a few times a day. No source goes unchecked for long.

Same-day detection

New records are typically in your inbox within hours of the county posting them. You reach the owner before the postcard crowd does.

Change tracking

We only send what is new since your last file, and we flag status changes on records you already have, like a sale date being set.

Reliability

Built like software. Because it is.

Every collector is monitored. Failed requests retry automatically. When a county changes its site layout we get an alert, a human reviews the failure, and the collector is repaired the same day. Uptime is tracked per source.

  • Automatic retries and backoff on every request
  • Alerts the moment a county site changes layout
  • Human QA on every failure before it reaches you
  • Per-source uptime and last-check visibility
Source status 7 sources · all operational
Harris County ClerkLast check 4 min ago
Harris County Tax OfficeLast check 11 min ago
Travis County Probate CourtLast check 6 min ago
Dallas County District ClerkLayout changed, repaired 08:20
Bexar County Code EnforcementLast check 2 min ago
Tarrant County JP CourtsLast check 9 min ago
Maricopa County RecorderLast check 1 min ago

What is in every CSV.

Consistent columns across every county and record type, so your import template never changes.

FieldDescriptionExample
record_typeThe kind of public recordpre_foreclosure
countyCounty and state the record came fromHarris, TX
filed_dateDate the county posted or filed the record (ISO format)2026-09-12
owner_namePrimary owner or party, cleaned and title-casedJose A Ramirez
owner_2Second owner or party when listedMaria L Ramirez
mailing_addressStandardized mailing address of the owner1204 W Elm St Apt 2, Houston, TX 77008
property_addressStandardized address of the subject property1204 W Elm St Apt 2, Houston, TX 77008
case_numberCase, instrument or record number from the county2026-48812
source_urlLink to the original record on the county sitehttps://www.cclerk.hctx.net/…

Field availability varies by county and record type. Some counties do not publish a mailing address or a direct source link; those cells are left blank rather than guessed.

Questions.

How fresh is "same day"?

Our bots check most sources every 15 minutes to a few hours. When the county posts a new record, it is collected on that same check, processed, and included in your next daily file. In practice, most records are in your inbox within hours of the county posting them.

Which counties do you cover?

We run 100+ county sources today, concentrated in the markets investors ask for most. If your county is not on the list yet, tell us. New sources usually take a few days to bring online and we will send you a sample once it is live.

Can I add counties later?

Yes. Add or swap counties from your account at any time. Your plan sets the maximum number of counties, and you can move up a plan whenever you need more. There is no contract and you can cancel anytime.

What format is the data in?

A plain CSV file with a fixed set of columns: record type, county, filed date, owner name, owner 2, mailing address, property address, case number and source URL. It opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, and imports cleanly into any CRM or dialer.

What happens if the county site goes down?

The collector retries automatically and alerts our team. When the site comes back, the bot picks up every record posted while it was down, so nothing is skipped. If a county changes its layout, we repair the collector, usually the same day, and backfill any gap.

Do you skiptrace the records?

Yes, on the Custom Pipeline. We pull the records, append phones and emails, and push them straight into your CRM. See the Custom Pipeline for details or talk to our team for a quote.

See it with your own county.

Tell us a county and we will send you a sample file.