EXHIBIT 5

            [Letterhead of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue Appears Here]



December 15, 1997


Equifax Inc.
1600 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA   30309

Gentlemen:

We have served as counsel to Equifax Inc. (the "Company"), a Georgia
corporation, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
of a proposed offering of 9,982 shares of the Company's Common Stock $1.25 par
value (the "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the Company's 1981 Incentive
Stock Option and Limited Stock Appreciation Rights Plan.

We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records
and other instruments relating to the incorporation of the Company and to the
authorization and issuance of the Common Stock as we have deemed necessary and
advisable.

Based upon the foregoing and having regard for such legal considerations as we
have deemed relevant, it is our opinion that:

     (1)  the Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing
          under the laws of the State of Georgia; and

     (2)  the Common Stock has been duly authorized and, when transferred or
          issued as contemplated in said Registration Statement, will be validly
          issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We do hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Opinion" in the said Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion as
Exhibit "5" thereto.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
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