Source records with a stored last-verified date.
Source policy
The source trail is part of the product.
Septic pages can look correct while sending users to the wrong office, stale form, or overconfident cost number. This policy defines which sources get used, when uncertainty is preserved, and where corrections go.
Local offices, county record paths, or delegated authority sources.
Sources marked as final, official, or otherwise not draft-only in the registry.
Source corrections are routed through the public contact form.
Operating rules
The bar is task completion, not page count.
Official public sources beat paraphrase.
State agencies, county health departments, delegated local authority pages, permit forms, public record request pages, and official manuals are preferred for rules and workflow claims.
Contact correctionsLocal workflow can override state-level comfort.
If a county office, parcel system, or delegated authority changes the user's next step, the local path must be made visible before a broad statewide summary.
Open county routesCost evidence stays conservative.
Public cost anchors are planning context. They do not outrank permit files, site evaluation, replacement-area reality, or local approval sequence.
Open cost estimatorConflicts create wider guidance, not invented certainty.
When sources conflict, stay vague, or delegate decisions locally, the page should flag the uncertainty and route users to the office or file that can resolve it.
Read methodology
Coverage board
County-backed workflow leaders
Ranked by published county route count, then state workflow page count. Source count, confidence, and state-guide review date are shown as context, not ranking inputs.
| State | Workflow pages | County pages | Source depth | Confidence | State guide reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina NC | 10 | 29 | 104 sources | Directional confidence | 2026-07-10 |
| Tennessee TN | 6 | 23 | 40 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
| New York NY | 6 | 21 | 67 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
| Maryland MD | 6 | 20 | 79 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
| Indiana IN | 7 | 19 | 45 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
| Texas TX | 6 | 18 | 45 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
| Alabama AL | 7 | 17 | 32 sources | High confidence | 2026-07-30 |
| Ohio OH | 6 | 17 | 54 sources | High confidence | 2026-03-10 |
The correction loop is deliberately public.
If a source changes, a county link moves, or a page overstates certainty, the right next action is a source correction request, then a page update tied to the affected workflow.
What this prevents
- Publishing a page that only swaps the state or county name.
- Letting an estimate outrank the permit file, county record, or local authority path.
- Scaling pages faster than the source layer can support them.