EXHIBIT 5
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                          JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
                          303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                              3500 SunTrust Plaza
                            Atlanta, Georgia 30308

                               October 26, 2000

Equifax Inc.
1550 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

          Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special counsel to Equifax Inc., a Georgia corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the registration by the Company of up to
1,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share (the "Common Stock")
to be issued in accordance with the Company's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), plus such additional shares as may be issuable upon adjustment as
provided in the Plan, pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2000 (the
"Registration Statement") to which this opinion appears as Exhibit 5.

     As counsel for the Company, we have examined such documents, records and
matters of law as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion.

     We have assumed, without independent verification, the genuineness and
authorization of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all
copies submitted to us or inspected by us as certified, conformed or photostatic
copies.  Based on such examination, we are of the following opinion:

     The Common Stock, when issued in the manner contemplated by the Plan, will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     In rendering the foregoing opinion, our examination of matters of law has
been limited to the laws of the State of Georgia and the federal laws of the
United States of America, as in effect on the date hereof.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 /s/ JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE

                                 Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue