What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser-- along with
a Web page-- when you access a Web site. There are two kinds of cookies. A session
cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's RAM. Because
a session cookie is never written to a drive, it is destroyed as soon as you close
your browser. A persistent cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved
by your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending on your browser settings,
you may receive notification that a given site is requesting cookie information,
possibly with an expiration date. Persistent cookies have an expiration date in
the future. Session cookies have no date associated with them.
The site will create a session cookie whenever you access Harris County. The session
cookie is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. Harris County does not create
It is a violation of the law to use the Harris County Seal in an unauthorized manner.
It is strictly prohibited for anyone to use the Harris County Seal or any other
official logo on the Harris County web site to imply an official endorsement, recommendation,
partnership or other relationship with Harris County without the express written
consent of Harris County.