Disclaimer:
The material on this site is made available as a public service. Maps & data are to be used for reference purposes only and Otter Tail County, MN, is not responsible for any inaccuracies herein contained. No responsibility is assumed for damages or other liabilities due to the accuracy, availability, use or misuse of the information herein provided. Information on this site is in the public domain and may be copied without permission; citation of the source is appreciated.

Statement of Policy:
It is the policy of Otter Tail County to provide links to federal, state and other local government web sites as a convenience for the users of the Otter Tail County web site. In addition, links to selected service partners, reference materials and other community related web sites may be provided. Otter Tail County reserves the right to determine which links to provide on its web sites and to terminate existing links at any time.

By providing a link to a web site, Otter Tail County in no way endorses the content of that site or its sponsor. Otter Tail County is not responsible for the content of any web site to which it links; this includes updates to or availability of linked sites and the accuracy, reliability or helpfulness of the information on these sites.

Linking to the Otter Tail County web site:
You are welcome and encouraged to link from your web site to the Otter Tail County web site. While you are not required to notify the us that you are providing a link to the Otter Tail County web site, please consider e-mailing us (webmaster@co.otter-tail.mn.us) when you create the link; we are interested in the types of sites that link to us.

You may link to our home page ( http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us ) or to any subsection within the site (such as http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/sheriff/ ). Otter Tail County reserves the right to change the URLs for subsections or subpages at any time; it is your responsibility to verify your links to our subsections or subpages.

Reciprocal Links:
Otter Tail County does not enter into reciprocal link agreements. You are welcome to link to the Otter Tail County web site, but we will not guarantee that we will provide a link to your site from the Otter Tail County web site. Similarly, if Otter Tail County creates a link to your site, you are not obligated to provide a link back to the Otter Tail County web site.

Web Browsers:
The Otter Tail County web site is tested with Mozilla Firefox (2.0 or higher), Microsoft Internet Explorer (6.0.X or higher), and Netscape Navigator (7.2 or higher). All three browsers should work equally well throughout this site except where noted. Many efforts, were made to make this site accessible by all of these browsers. More Information on web browsers>>

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JavaScript:
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Metadata/Metatagging Information:
The Web Metadata Standard for Minnesota has been approved by the Information Policy Council. This Dublin Core-based standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.85) has been in use by many agencies, beginning with the Foundations Project in 1998. The standard is integrated into the new North Star Portal (State of Minnesota Web Site) content management templates, and the state search engine is tuned to use the DC elements in results ranking. It is part of the Enterprise Architecture, along with the GIS metadata standard and the record keeping metadata standard. The Otter Tail County web site also uses Dublin Core as the metatagging standard. Additional information about the Dublin Core standard and how to apply it can be obtained by visiting http://bridges.state.mn.us/metadata.html

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The Otter Tail County web site has been rated with ICRA as Safe for All Ages.
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