Oregon, Multnomah County
Where Portland's records are kept. Portland has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Portland's own offices, along with State of Oregon offices; the Multnomah County offices are on our Multnomah County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The Secretary of State's Archives Division keeps Oregon's permanent government records in Salem, sending digital copies or booking reading room appointments; requests go by phone, email or an online form.
Open official site Oregon State ArchivesCounty court
With offices in Portland and Eugene, the federal bankruptcy court for Oregon posts judges' calendars, forms and unclaimed funds, and links to PACER, electronic filing and proof of claim filing.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of OregonCounty court
The Oregon Judicial Department offers free court calendars and basic case information for the circuit courts, Tax Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court; adoption, juvenile, mental health and VAWA cases are withheld.
Open official site Oregon Judicial Department Records and Calendar SearchVital records
Keeping Oregon records since 1903, the Oregon Health Authority's Center for Health Statistics sells certified copies of birth, death, marriage, domestic partnership and divorce records through VitalChek, mail, drop box or appointment.
Open official site Oregon Vital Records and CertificatesPolice & jail
Searchable by full or partial name, with asterisk wildcards, or by SID number, the Oregon Department of Corrections offender search is not an official record; certified copies come through a records request.
Open official site Oregon Offender SearchPolice & jail
Missing persons clearinghouse run by the State Police with featured missing children, free child ID kits, DNA collection details and contacts at (503) 378-2311 or (800) 282-7155.
Open official site Oregon State Police Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Department of Corrections list of escapees and most wanted fugitives who escaped custody or failed to appear, with photos, a fugitive tip line at (877) 831-0389 and an online tip form.
Open official site Oregon Department of Corrections Most WantedPolice & jail
Oregon State Police sex offender registration program, linking the online offender search used for Oregon City along with reporting rules, registering agencies and victim support resources.
Open official site Oregon State Police Sex Offender RegistrationPolice & jail
Oregon State Police CJIS Division answers record checks by mail for $33: your own Oregon record through fingerprints, or a name search of another person, who is told and has 14 days to challenge.
Open official site Oregon State Police Criminal History Record ChecksFederal
Census data for Portland city, Oregon in QuickFacts form: population estimates, age and race, housing, families and living arrangements, computer and internet use, education, health, economy and geography.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsProperty records
City of Portland site, reached through 311 or 503-823-4000, with council agendas, the city charter and code, permits, sewer and water bill payment, business tax, problem reports and open data and maps.
Open official site City of PortlandPolice & jail
Portland Police Bureau, 1111 SW 2nd Ave, 503-823-0000, non-emergency line 503-823-3333, with online police reports, police public records requests, towing information, policies and an open data portal.
Open official site Portland Police BureauEverything else, organized
19 more Portland sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Portland, a place of 652,503 people, is the seat of Multnomah County. Court and property records sit with Multnomah County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Oregon. Portland's own offices are in the cards above, and our Multnomah 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 62 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 49 past producers, now closed, 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 9 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 14 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Stone; Stone; Stone, Crushed/Broken.
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. Oregon has no state abandoned mine land program page; abandoned mine hazards on federal land are a BLM and Forest Service matter.
Oregon 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 625 investigations with a Portland address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $7,892,365 in back wages agreed for 5,303 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KinderCare | 1 | $501,523 | 59 |
| Pizzicato, Inc. | 1 | $270,102 | 367 |
| Lapo, Inc. | 1 | $268,044 | 42 |
| Dill's Star Route | 1 | $234,941 | 50 |
| Joonsung, Inc. | 4 | $231,512 | 43 |
| Waste Management of Oregon Inc. | 1 | $224,999 | 92 |
| Columbia Helicopters, Inc. | 1 | $211,142 | 63 |
| Yo Li, Inc. | 1 | $188,580 | 15 |
| Ciber, Inc. | 1 | $175,182 | 73 |
| Typhoon!, Inc. | 4 | $170,870 | 33 |
| Telecommunication Support Systems, Inc. | 1 | $160,155 | 40 |
| Wood Mechanix Holding Company | 1 | $155,605 | 39 |
| East Side Plating, Inc. | 1 | $143,112 | 252 |
| Pacific Gardens Estates LLC | 1 | $129,987 | 86 |
| Velocity Express Inc. | 1 | $121,632 | 27 |
| New KAB I, LLC | 2 | $119,087 | 36 |
| Galvan & Sergio Barragan, Inc. | 2 | $117,345 | 22 |
| Carlos Orellana / | 2 | $116,146 | 37 |
| Cha Cha Cha Taqueria, Inc | 1 | $109,514 | 37 |
| Interior Focus, LLC | 1 | $105,533 | 10 |
| West Hills Convalescent Center, LP | 1 | $102,885 | 92 |
| Howard S. Wright Constructors, Inc. | 1 | $97,179 | 85 |
| Koram Ventures, Inc. | 2 | $96,369 | 24 |
| Princeton Property Management, Inc. | 1 | $90,381 | 108 |
| Providence Health & Services-Oregon | 4 | $80,152 | 51 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 536 whose address on the record is in Portland; 173 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 511 more with smaller records are on the Oregon wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Oregon is run by the Oregon Elections Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Portland.
Deeds for property in Portland are recorded by the Multnomah County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Multnomah County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Oregon come from the state vital records office, Oregon Center for Health Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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.