Ohio, Cuyahoga County
Where Cleveland Heights's records are kept. Cleveland Heights has its own city government, police department, permit and planning office and utility office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Cleveland Heights's own offices, along with State of Ohio offices; the Cuyahoga County offices are on our Cuyahoga County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Home page of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, at 40 Severance Circle, offering utility bill payment, bulk pickup requests, police pages, a link to the municipal court and city news.
Open official site City of Cleveland HeightsPolice & jail
Cleveland Heights Police Department at 40 Severance Circle, with crime reporting, incident and accident reports, overnight parking and away from home requests, parking ticket payment, policies and statistics.
Open official site Cleveland Heights Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Cleveland Heights police and accident reports are usually ready in 3 to 5 business days from the Police Records Division on weekdays, at 5 cents a page, with reports since 2014 online.
Open official site Cleveland Heights Police Incident and Accident ReportsCity records
The Cleveland Heights Building Department issues permits, examines plans and monitors construction, with the permit fee schedule, contractor registration, business occupancy and forestry and landscaping permits.
Open official site Cleveland Heights Building DepartmentCity records
The Cleveland Heights Utility Department, on the lower level of City Hall at 40 Severance Circle, takes utility bill payments online, by AutoPay, text, phone, mail or in person on weekdays.
Open official site Cleveland Heights Utility DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Cleveland Heights area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
The Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation is Ohio's clearinghouse for missing person data: it keeps databases of missing children and adults, issues alerts and takes tips. Families should call local police first.
Open official site Ohio Attorney General Missing PersonsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
The Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Besides PACER and e-filing links, the court sells hearing audio, $32 on CD or $2.40 per MP3 file through PACER, and accepts proofs of claim online without a login.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
16 more Cleveland Heights sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Cleveland Heights, a place of 45,312 people, is in Cuyahoga County, whose county seat is Cleveland. Court and property records sit with Cuyahoga County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio. Cleveland Heights's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cuyahoga County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 11 investigations with a Cleveland Heights address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $208,777 in back wages agreed for 270 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unger's Kosher Bakery, Inc. | 1 | $80,726 | 27 |
| RL Thomas Transportation, Inc. | 1 | $63,546 | 41 |
| Nighttown, Inc. | 1 | $14,396 | 58 |
| Just Like Familee II, Inc. | 1 | $11,170 | 8 |
| Luna Bakery, LLC | 1 | $8,794 | 16 |
| Aladdin's Natural Eatery II, Ltd | 1 | $4,547 | 13 |
| North Coast JJ's, LLC | 1 | $3,535 | 94 |
| Xcel Healthcare Providers, Inc. | 1 | $1,340 | 8 |
| Kaval Corporation | 1 | $65 | 1 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Cleveland Heights, by back wages agreed; 4 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Ohio wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Voter registration in Ohio is run by the Ohio Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Cleveland Heights.
Deeds for property in Cleveland Heights are recorded by the Cuyahoga County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cuyahoga County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Ohio come from the state vital records office, Ohio Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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