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Del Norte County: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our October 4, 2026 crawl of co.del-norte.ca.us(opens in new tab) found at least 296 public documents, about 9,832 pages. 16 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 296+
- estimated pages
- 9,832
- checked files passed
- 16 / 50
- crawl date
- Oct 4, 2026
What our crawl found on co.del-norte.ca.us
Counts from our October 4, 2026 crawl, which visited 1,000 pages. Our crawler found 296 public documents on co.del-norte.ca.us — an estimated 9,832 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
The crawl stopped at its page limit, so every count here is a minimum: the site has at least this many documents.
Documents by category
- Other121 · 41%
- Agendas & minutes65 · 22%
- Forms64 · 22%
- Reports36 · 12%
- Policies10 · 3%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 41% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 289 · 98%
- Word (DOCX) 7 · 2%
Checked sample
16 of 50 passed(32%)
- Passed basic checks: 16
- Did not pass: 34
The checked files are mixed: some pass the basics and some don't. Fixing the templates you publish from now, while working through older files in batches, usually saves the most time.
The rate covers the 50 files we checked, not all 296 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
10% scanned
Most of the collection is digital-native text, which keeps remediation at the lighter end: tagging and structure work rather than OCR.
Scanned images need text recognition (OCR) before they can be tagged.
Forms make up 22% of the documents. Forms take the most work to fix, since every field needs a label and a logical tab order.
Crawl scope
- Crawl date
- October 4, 2026
- Pages visited
- 1,000
- Documents in the inventory
- 296
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- page
- Started from
- co.del-norte.ca.us(opens in new tab)
These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish Del Norte County's documents. The results for the sampled files are public above. The full inventory of every document we found, with detailed per-file reports, is available to verified staff of Del Norte County after claiming this page.
Files we checked on co.del-norte.ca.us
Links go to the files on co.del-norte.ca.us as we found them on October 4, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 4, 2026. They are not a legal compliance finding and don't cover reading order, alt-text quality or table structure. Something wrong? Ask for a correction or removal.
| File | Category | Result | Checks not passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word - 2014-06-20 Encroachment Permit Application.xls2014-06-20-request-to-close-county-road-or-right-of-way · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 2017-03-06-encroachment-permit-applicationPDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Microsoft Word - 2013-11-19 Road Improvement Deferment or Modification Request2017-07-31-request-for-road-deferment-or-modified-standards-with-attachments · PDF · 7 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - 2018-01-26 Grading Permit Application.docx2018-01-26-grading-permit-application · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 2023-06-23 SMFSR INTAKE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONSPDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - 2025-08-06 STREET VACATION APPLICATION.docx2025-08-06 STREET VACATION APPLICATION · PDF · 11 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - Vendor EFT.docACH-Enrollment Form · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Crop Report Data Collection FormPDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Document title, Form field labels |
| marriage-certificate-application-2026PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| 1978 RESOLUTION 1978-032 (1978-02-14)PDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| 2020-resolution-2020-016-2020-04-14PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Microsoft Word - DNLTC ATP2015 DEL NORTE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (2015-05-XX) · PDF · 69 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 2017-09-11-sewer-system-management-planPDF · 153 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - Del Norte SB 743 Implementation Plan June 2020.docx2020-del-norte-region-sb-743-implementation-plan-2020-06-30 · PDF · 41 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - Draft Del Norte LRSP 003.docx2022-05-24 FNL LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN · PDF · 113 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 2022-06-13 SSMP - REDACTED PHONE NUMBERSPDF · 210 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text |
| 2023 DEL NORTE COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 1 FINANCIAL PLANNING, REVENUE REQUIREMENTS, AND RATE SETTING ANALYSIS (2023-05-17)PDF · 19 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2024 Crop Report FinalPDF · 18 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| County of Del Norte - ADA Self-evaluation and Transition Plan Report Update2026 ADA TRANSITION PLAN 2026-09-22 · PDF · 78 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Del Norte County 2024 Community Health AssessmentDel Norte CHA- Final 11.7.24 · PDF · 97 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document language, Image alt text |
| Del Norte Community Health AssessmentPDF · 65 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title, Image alt text |
| Del Norte Community Health Improvement PlanPDF · 24 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2016-05-19-final-quality-assurance-programPDF · 16 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 2020-wireless-communications-facilities-design-standards-2020-02-111PDF · 9 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 2022-03-17 EXE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMPDF · 22 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 2026-08-19 BID TABULATION SUMMARY.xlsx2026-08-19-bid-tabulation-summary-roy-lift-station-emergency-power-project · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 2026 Appointment List_Updated_FINAL_02.10.26.xls2026-appointment-list final 01.27.26 · PDF · 9 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Final Ag Cacasa BroAgricultural Commissioner Brochure · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Cancellation Request - VoterPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title, Image alt text |
| CHA Executive Summary Draft TranslationsCHA Executive Summary ES · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| CHA Executive Summary Draft TranslationsCHA Executive Summary HMG · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| Coed Volleyball Rules and RegulationsCoed Volleyball Rules and Regulations · PDF · 3 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| Flyer - 🌿 Environmental Review Committee (ERC)Environmental Review Committee(ERC) Deadlines · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Passed | None |
| PowerPoint Presentation2023 Crop Report · PDF · 16 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| 2025 Legislative Platform2025 Legislative Platform - signed (1) · PDF · 26 pages | Other | Passed | None |
| CHA Executive Summary FinalCHA Executive Summary Final (1) · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Passed | None |
| 11191045-SPC-Contract-Ad for MFMWS Bids 1-8-19roy-lift-station---ad-for-bids · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Passed | None |
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13 more checked files are counted above but not linked here: it is on another site or its name looks like a personal record.
What each check looks for
- Tagged structure
- The file has a tag tree, so assistive technology can tell headings, lists and paragraphs apart.
- Document language
- The file declares its language, so screen readers pronounce it correctly.
- Document title
- The file has a document title, shown instead of the file name.
- Image alt text
- Every image in a tagged file carries alternative text, or the file has no untagged images.
- Form field labels
- Every fillable form field has a label a screen reader can announce.
How we measured this
1.Crawl
We start at the organization's website and follow its sitemaps and links on the same site. We respect robots.txt and crawl delays, and skip login areas.
2.Classify
Each document is sorted by file format and, from its link text and file name, into a category such as forms or agendas. Page counts are estimated, often without downloading the whole file.
3.Check a sample
We open up to 50 PDFs and run basic machine checks: tags, document title, language, image alt text and form-field labels.
4.Publish only with evidence
Figures appear only when a crawl finds at least 25 documents and checks at least 20 of them.
Limits of this method
- We only see public pages we can reach through links or sitemaps. Documents behind logins or on other services may be missed.
- Crawls stop at page, document and time limits. When one is hit, the counts are minimums.
- Categories and page counts are estimates from links, file names and file metadata.
- Machine checks can't judge reading order, alt text quality or table structure. Passing them is not WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
- Figures describe the site on the crawl date, not today.
This page's evidence
- Crawled October 4, 2026: we fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/ and found 298 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: October 4, 2026 — inventory refreshed from the latest crawl.
- How we crawl, classify and check documents
Plan the work before April 26, 2028
562 days is enough time to work through a backlog in stages, if the inventory starts now.
Where Del Norte County should start
Start with high-traffic services: elections, property tax, courts and public health documents, before archived material.
Voters, property owners and court users need these files to meet their own deadlines.
Smaller organizations often have no dedicated accessibility staff, so automating the first pass and saving people for review matters most.
Usually owned by the county clerk, the elections office and department heads.
A timeline to April 26, 2028
Inventory and triage
by January 4, 2027
Fix the documents people use most
by September 14, 2027
Everything in use conforms
by April 26, 2028
A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.
Estimated cost with DocoMatic
$15,068 – $22,602
≈ 75,341 credits for 9,832 estimated pages
- 2,126 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 771 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 6,935 standard pages at Level 1
This is a directional estimate from crawler statistics, not a quote. Run the remediation cost calculator with your own page counts for a tailored figure.
What DocoMatic does
- Finds the PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on your website and estimates the backlog.
- Fixes documents at three levels, from basic tagging to complex forms.
- Checks every fixed file, with veraPDF PDF/UA-1 validation from Level 2 up.
- Human review: turn it on when you request a fix, or arrange it with our team.
- Monitors your site so new documents don't rebuild the backlog.
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Compare with similar organizations
Del Norte County beside the counties in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte County (this page) | 27,743 | 296+ | 9,832 | October 4, 2026 |
| Lassen County | 32,730 | 1,786+ | 30,140 | October 3, 2026 |
| Colusa County | 21,839 | 2,596 | 61,677 | October 4, 2026 |
| Plumas County | 19,790 | 3,086 | 163,044 | October 4, 2026 |
| Mariposa County | 17,131 | 2,409 | 58,589 | October 5, 2026 |
| Mono County | 13,195 | 1,982 | 90,611 | October 5, 2026 |
Each figure comes from that organization’s own crawl; a + marks a crawl that stopped at a limit, so its count is a minimum. The table compares document inventories, not accessibility.
All organizations in California serving 10,000 to 49,999 people
Related organizations
Counties in California
- Lassen County: ADA deadline report
1,786 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Colusa County: ADA deadline report
2,596 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Plumas County: ADA deadline report
3,086 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Mariposa County: ADA deadline report
2,409 documents · due April 26, 2028
Also due April 26, 2028 in California
- City of Lemon Grove: ADA deadline report
city · 1,615 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Ridgecrest: ADA deadline report
city · 1,712 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Walnut: ADA deadline report
city · 1,477 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Wasco: ADA deadline report
city · 509 documents · due April 26, 2028
Frequently asked questions
When is Del Norte County's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2028. Del Norte County is in the 2028 cohort under the Department of Justice's rule on web and mobile accessibility for state and local governments, with compliance dates as set by the Department's interim final rule of April 20, 2026 (91 FR 20902).
How was Del Norte County's deadline set?
Del Norte County's total population is 27,743 (2020 Census), below the 50,000 threshold in 28 CFR 35.200(b), so the later compliance date applies.
How many public documents does Del Norte County have?
Our crawl on October 4, 2026 fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/ and found at least 296 documents (it stopped at a crawl limit), an estimated 9,832 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of Del Norte County's documents pass accessibility checks?
16 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (32%). That is a sample of the 296 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix Del Norte County's documents?
Our directional estimate is $15,068 to $22,602 with DocoMatic: about 75,341 credits for 9,832 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should Del Norte County fix first?
Start with high-traffic services: elections, property tax, courts and public health documents, before archived material.
Do older PDFs have to be made accessible too?
Not all of them. Documents already posted before the compliance date are excepted unless they are currently used to apply for, gain access to, or participate in the organization's services, programs or activities (28 CFR 35.201(b)). Genuinely archived content is excepted too, but only while it is kept solely for reference, research or recordkeeping, sits in a clearly identified archive area and is not changed. Everything published from the compliance date on is covered, and so is any older file people still use to reach a service.