Three steps, about 20 minutes of your time, and your township's official page is live within 24 hours. No software to install, no hosting to manage, no contract to sign.
A lookup confirms your township's official name, county, and state.
Confirm you're an authorized official via a government email address, a match against a national county/township directory, or a brief manual document review.
A permanent, verified web address is issued for your township, and you can start uploading meeting minutes, notices, and contact information immediately.
Free for your community's first three years.
The Verified Government Entity badge at the top of your page tells residents at a glance that this is the official source.
Meeting minutes, ordinances, public notices, and permit records — uploaded through a simple form, findable by anyone.
Your officials, meeting schedule, and mailing address, in one place residents can rely on.
Once your core page is live and stable, you can optionally turn on Community Resources modules — at your own pace. Nothing about these modules is required to keep your core site active.
See all three modules populated on the Libertyville sample site.
Residents can find your records. Right now they can't find your official records online — this fixes that, at no cost to your township during the free period.
No technical setup. No software to install, no hosting to manage, no vendor relationship to negotiate.
You stay in control. You can opt out of any optional feature at any time, and public records are never paywalled.
Peer-verified. Townships are introduced to Civic-Host through the County Clerk Partnership Program and Civic Data Ambassador Program — people who already work in or know local government, not a cold sales pitch.
Yes. For your community's first three years there is no subscription, no paid tier, and no upsell. The program is funded by Jurisdiction Watch, which values the public data that enrolled townships publish. The full explanation is on our Data & Transparency page.
Well before your free period ends, we'll contact you with the options for continuing — and whatever you decide, your public records remain yours and are never paywalled or held back. There is no automatic charge and no contract that renews on its own.
No. If you can attach a file to an email, you can maintain your township's page. Documents are uploaded through a plain web form; everything else is handled for you.
Only what you choose to publish — records that are already public by law, such as meeting minutes and public notices. Those public records also inform Jurisdiction Watch's analytics. Private resident information and non-public records are never collected. Details on the Data & Transparency page.
Yes. Every optional module can be turned off at any time from your admin page, effective immediately, with no call and no confirmation screen. Your core page stays active regardless.