Cook County PIN Search
Cook County (IL, USA) Property Index Number SearchA title search tool. If in the course of your browsing you come across a Cook County Property Index Number (PIN) (format 99-99-999-999 or 99-99-999-999-9999) in your browser window, select it and "right"-click and on the context menu you will be offered options to open new tabs of relevant information from Cook County websites.
Supported
versions: Firefox 1.5 - 1.5.0.* ALL
Notes / Comments: As it stands, this extension is primarily of interest to residents of Cook County, Illinois, USA. But many local governments assign unique index numbers to real properties. This extension is released under the Mozilla Public License and GNU Public License. I thnk it could be easily customized to other areas.
Categories: Search Tools, Website Integration

Here's a screen shot of the annoyance this extension addresses: websites that accept a PIN number break the PIN up into separate fields, perfectly understandable but frustrating a quick cut&paste::

Here's a screen shot showing version 2.1 in action: a PIN number on a web page highlighted, and the Search PIN options on the context menu::

Search PIN on the context menu::
