AUGUST 13, 2004 - The Texas Association of Counties presented an award Thursday to the Tarrant County district clerk's office for a system that makes court records available on the Internet.

Since the system started seven months ago, 341 account have been established for a fee of $35 each, according to a news release from District Clerk Tom Wilder.

The system won the Best Practices Award for the Exceptional Delivery of Services, the news release said.

"This system is a win-win situation for those who need to research court records and who wish to save time and who don't want to come to the courthouse to look at the paper file," Wilder said in the statement.

His office's records management program also won a Best Practices Award in 2002.