PUBLIC RECORDS

Court Records | Criminal Records | Real Estate & Property Records
| Licenses & Professional Certification | Vital Statistics

There are many public record databases available on the Internet, but it is often difficult to determine what information is available, where it is located, and how to begin your search. The following web sites can help you search for civil and criminal records, as well as property assessments, tax collection records, unclaimed property, military service, inmate information, deaths & obituaries, vital records, etc.

Where to Start:

Ohio Public Records There is no one place to search for all records, but this site has links to Ohio public records (real estate, court, prison, vehicle, marriage, and death records, and more) broken down by county. From BRB Publications. Includes links to public records in all 50 states. URL: http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp

Court Records

Licking County Court of Common Pleas Searchable Database
http://www.lcounty.com/clerkofcourts/courtview2000.php
Licking County Municipal Court Searchable Database
http://206.31.219.164/cmiflash/court/index.html
Fifth District Court of Appeals (includes Licking County)
http://www.fifthdist.org/
Provides full-text opinions for 2005 and schedule of upcoming cases.
Ohio Court Links
www.sconet.state.oh.us/Web_Sites/courts/
U.S. Court Links URL:http://www.uscourts.gov/

Criminal Records

Federal Bureau of Prisons National Institute of Corrections
http://www.bop.gov
Includes BOP Inmate Locator (all federal inmates from 1982 to the present)

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections Offender Database
http://www.drc.state.oh.us/search2.htm
Includes all offenders currently incarcerated in the Ohio prison system or under some type of Department supervision (parole, post-release control, or transitional control).

National Sex Offender Public Registry
http://www.nsopr.gov/
Official U.S. Department of Justice web site with links to state databases.

Ohio's Electronic Sex-Offender Registraton and Notification
www.esorn.ag.state.oh.us/secured/p21.aspx
Information on all registered sex offenders in Ohio. Can be searched by county and school district. Photos included.

State Departments of Corrections: National Institute of Corrections
http://nicic.org/Links/31.htm

Franklin County Sheriff's Office (http://www.sheriff.franklin.oh.us/ Includes links to Sexual Offender Database, Franklin County Municipal Court, and Child Support Search.

Licking County Sheriff's Office
http://www.lcounty.com/sheriff/
Licking County Sex Offender Registry and Jail Inmate List are available online.

Real Estate & Property

Search Licking County Property Records from the Licking County Auditor's Office
URL: http://www.lcounty.com/licking208/LandRover.asp
Search Licking County Recorder's Office: Public Records Database.
URL: http://www.lcounty.com/recordings/
Real Estate Search-By State: The University of Virginia has links to state, county and municipal governments with property records online. URL: www.indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/personalproperty.html

Licenses and Professional Certifications

Ohio Professional License/Registration Verification
http://license.test.ohio.gov/lookup/default.asp
Professional and trade licensees registered with the State of Ohio. Occupations range from attorneys, doctors, and accountants to HVAC contractors, cosmetologists, plumbing inspectors.

Vital Records

Licking County Health Department
Birth and Death Certificate Search
Search Systems
Access to both free and fee-based Public Record databases in the US, Canada, & worldwide. http://www.searchsystems.net
Social Security Death Index
Access to the Social Security Death Index through RootsWeb.
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Vital Records Information:
Addresses and websites for vital records information for each state, territory and county in the U.S. from www.vitalrec.com