New York, Erie County
Where Buffalo's records are kept. Buffalo has its own city government, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Buffalo's own offices, along with State of New York offices; the Erie County offices are on our Erie County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
The state Tax Department's real property pages cover STAR credits with a property tax credit lookup, help for assessors, the RP-5217 transfer report and Sales Web, a searchable database of property sales.
Open official site New York State Tax Department Real PropertyCity records
The State Archives keeps executive, legislative and judicial records of New York government, with online finding aids, name indexes and digital collections, and provides copies to researchers who cannot visit in person.
Open official site New York State ArchivesCounty court
Serves 17 western New York counties, from Erie and Monroe to Chautauqua and Yates, through offices in Buffalo and Rochester; it publishes calendars, opinions, monthly caseload data and unclaimed funds information.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New YorkVital records
The state health department takes orders for birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates; New York City records come from the city, except divorce certificates, which the state holds for both.
Open official site New York State Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Run by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, the clearinghouse aids police with missing children, college students and vulnerable adults, posts active alerts and unsolved cases, and takes tips by form or hotline.
Open official site DCJS Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
FBI Buffalo Field Office postings of fugitives wanted for violent and nonviolent crimes, terrorism suspects, kidnapping and missing person cases, and appeals for information from the public.
Open official site FBI Buffalo Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Kept by the Division of Criminal Justice Services; Level 2 and Level 3 offenders appear in the online directory, and Level 1 details are given by toll free phone with a name and one identifier.
Open official site New York State DCJS Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
DCJS, the only source of official New York criminal history records, mails your own record in three to four weeks after fingerprinting; the fee is $17.50 in New York, and requests on others are refused.
Open official site Request Your New York State Criminal HistoryFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts for Buffalo city, New York, listing population, age and sex, housing, median household income, veterans and business counts. Only the latest estimates are shown, without margins of error.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Buffalo's official city site, with Common Council district maps, agendas and minutes, FOIL records requests, Open Data Buffalo, the city charter and city job listings.
Open official site City of BuffaloPolice & jail
Municipal law enforcement for the City of Buffalo: patrol, investigations, traffic, and emergency response. 74 Franklin St. Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 851-4571
Open official site Buffalo New York Police DepartmentCounty court
195 Court Street Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 851-5333
Open official site Buffalo New York Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
15 more Buffalo sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Buffalo, a place of 278,349 people, is the seat of Erie County. Court and property records sit with Erie County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Buffalo's own offices are in the cards above, and our Erie County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 5 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 4 processing plants, which are not workings. The mineral the records name is crushed stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. New York has no coal AML program; the DEC database covers permitted mines, not historic underground workings.
New York abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 723 investigations with a Buffalo address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $6,480,935 in back wages agreed for 10,067 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County Medical Center Corporation | 4 | $335,356 | 1,196 |
| Don Tequila, Inc. | 1 | $314,414 | 8 |
| Applied Sciences Group, Incorporated | 1 | $281,327 | 23 |
| Aldo Group, Inc. | 1 | $271,996 | 446 |
| Vocal Technologies LTD | 1 | $268,000 | 6 |
| New Dawn Electrical Corporation | 1 | $168,048 | 14 |
| Delaware Heights Receiver LLC | 2 | $164,285 | 304 |
| Don Tequila, DOS, Inc. | 1 | $153,092 | 20 |
| Zula, Corp. | 2 | $131,828 | 19 |
| Kaleida Health Corporation | 8 | $122,601 | 536 |
| 42 North Brewing Company, LLC | 1 | $121,538 | 22 |
| American Security Programs, Inc. | 6 | $115,525 | 111 |
| Floral Agency LLC | 3 | $113,712 | 227 |
| State University of New York | 2 | $110,451 | 220 |
| DanceBUG Inc. | 1 | $103,871 | 65 |
| Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, LLC | 3 | $101,810 | 79 |
| Frontier Stall & Tent Rental Inc. | 1 | $95,999 | 32 |
| City of Buffalo | 1 | $93,000 | 21 |
| Agave Elmwood, Inc. | 1 | $87,331 | 5 |
| Taj Grill, Inc. | 1 | $76,641 | 15 |
| Buffalo Board of Education | 2 | $74,850 | 10 |
| AAA Trash Be Gone Inc | 1 | $71,849 | 22 |
| U.S. Security Associates, Inc. | 6 | $67,904 | 100 |
| Solidifi US Inc. | 1 | $64,036 | 51 |
| Delaware Operations Associates LLC | 1 | $62,724 | 94 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 575 whose address on the record is in Buffalo; 181 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 550 more with smaller records are on the New York wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in New York is run by the New York State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Buffalo.
Deeds for property in Buffalo are recorded by the Erie County Clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Erie County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in New York come from the state vital records office, New York State Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Buffalo register with the New York Division of Corporations, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Buffalo requires one, comes from the town or Erie County.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.