A critical system change is coming. Here is what you need to know before it affects your closing.
Before I entered real estate, I spent years as a technology consultant for banks and stock trading brokerages. Our job was to manage exactly this kind of thing: transitioning institutions from one software platform to another. We ran parallel systems before any cutover, performed exhaustive testing, and planned for every contingency. We were very good at it.
I say that not to impress you, but to give weight to what comes next: in all of those years, I never once witnessed a clean technology cutover executed by a government-related entity. Not one.
I am posting this notice as a genuine warning to Buyers and Sellers. I do not expect this to go smoothly. I expect delays, unexpected complications, and a period of ironing things out after the new system goes live. If your closing falls anywhere near these dates, please plan accordingly.
And please, do not blame your Realtor, lender, or title company for anything that goes sideways. They will be working as hard as they can to mitigate problems, but some things will simply be out of their control. This is not business as usual for them. They have no choice but to roll with the punches, and they will.
This important Notice by the Recorder of Deeds provides the dates and scheduled events for the replacement of the current Tyler Eagle software recording and indexing system with an improved Landex software system. This critical software transition will cause a temporary interruption of online access to record, view or print instruments. We provide this Notice to the legal and title communities since the temporary interruption to online access may require adjustments to your scheduled workflow.
As background, the Office of Recorder of Deeds placed into service the Tyler Eagle software recording and indexing system on May 15, 2025. Since the introduction of the Tyler recording system, the Recorder's Office could not provide the desired level of service to the public and the title community arising from several factors and results.
With the support of the York County Commissioners, the Offices of the York County Solicitor and Assessment, their respective staffs, and my team, the Recorder's Office will transition its recording software and website systems from Tyler Eagle to Landex.
The current timeline for the transition is as follows:
The Recorder's Office is not authorized to transfer accounts between the software systems. Shortly following the Landex "Go-Live" date, the Recorder's Office will refund account balances within the Tyler system by check to account holders. Accordingly, online web users are required to establish new accounts with Landex to obtain fee-based services.
The transition of the software systems from Tyler Eagle to Landex and the scheduling of the "Go Live" dates have been developed over several months. The software conversion is complex and unpredictable, for which unforeseen circumstances may arise causing possible delays to the current transition schedule.
As always, the Recorder's Office strives to provide seamless access to recorded documents, ease of recording of instruments and on-time general services to the public, attorneys, abstractors, and title agencies.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this transition together.