Is Daggett County's Website Ready for the ADA Title II Deadline?
Did you know the deadline already changed?
Here's something many local officials missed: the original compliance deadline has already moved once. On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice issued an Interim Final Rule pushing each deadline back a full year — which means Daggett County's date is now April 26, 2028. A one-time extension is a grace period, not a reprieve. There is no indication another one is coming.
Daggett County's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — 2 PDFs fail basic accessibility checks
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech (WCAG 1.3.1 · 110 pages)
- critical Buttons have no accessible name — assistive tech users can't tell what they do (WCAG 4.1.2 · 7 pages)
- critical Images have no text alternative, so screen readers can't describe them (WCAG 1.1.1 · 1 page)
- serious List items sit outside a proper list, so screen readers misread them (WCAG 1.3.1 · 110 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 88 pages)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
With 956 residents, Daggett County falls under the DOJ's small-entity tier (under 50,000 population), which comes with the later of the two federal deadlines — but the same technical standard.
The rule points to WCAG 2.1 Level AA — a widely used technical checklist. Stripped of jargon, it asks simple questions: can a blind resident using a screen reader pay a bill on your site? Can someone who can't use a mouse complete a form with just a keyboard? Is the text readable against its background?
Smaller entities sometimes assume they're exempt. They aren't — the later deadline is the only accommodation the rule makes for size. Services like recorder services, court information, and property tax lookups all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Daggett County is a small community, and its website is the front door for recorder services, court information, and property tax lookups. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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