Accessibility Policy

* The Polk County Courthouse consistently strives to make improvements to its website accessibility. We are currently working towards meeting the highest level of accessibility standard. Thank you for your patience as we continue our progress. 

Accessibility Statement for The Polk County Courthouse

The Polk County Courthouse is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

The Polk County Courthouse takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of The Polk County Courthouse website:

• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Assign clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
• Include people with disabilities in our design personas.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. The Polk County Courthouse is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of The Polk County Courthouse website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the website:

• Visitor address: 102 East Broadway, Bolivar MO 65613

Technical specifications

Accessibility of The Polk County Courthouse website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• CSS

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of The Polk County Courthouse, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for The Polk County Courthouse:

1. Not all images with have alt text.: Images that have no directive or link will not contain alt text. because Images that have no directive or purpose on the website will not have alt text to limit navigation confusion. We monitor images used on the site and add alt text to any images required for navigation. If you have any questions about image navigation, please visit us at 102 East Broadway, Bolivar, MO 65613

Assessment approach

The Polk County Courthouse assessed the accessibility of the website by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation
• Individuals with disabilities were included in the evaluation of this website and its accessibility.