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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of DBT Online, Inc. and subsidiaries:

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of DBT Online, Inc. on Form
S-3 of our report dated February 15, 1999 (May 6, 1999 as to the effects of the
business combination described in Note 11), appearing in the Prospectus, which
is a part of this Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our
aforementioned report also included the consolidated financial statement
schedule of DBT Online, Inc., and subsidiaries listed in Item 16. This
consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Certified Public Accountants

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
August 19, 1999