Michigan, Gratiot County
Where Alma's records are kept. Alma has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Alma's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Gratiot County offices are on our Gratiot County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts for Alma city, Michigan lists 9,304 residents as of July 1, 2025 (9,488 in 2020), plus rent and home values, household income, poverty, travel time to work and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
The Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of MichiganVital records
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services page for birth, stillbirth, death, marriage and divorce records and affidavits of parentage: order a certified copy, correct or amend a record, or register one.
Open official site Michigan MDHHS Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Michigan State Police steps to take when someone goes missing, from checking with friends and family to filing a missing person report with the local police agency.
Open official site Michigan State Police Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Public registry kept by the Michigan State Police under the Sex Offenders Registration Act, MCL 28.721, listing convicted sex offenders who must register in Michigan.
Open official site Michigan Public Sex Offender RegistryProperty records
Alma's city government site from the Municipal Building at 525 East Superior Street, with the city clerk, assessor, treasury, police, fire, library, elections, FOIA requests and online bill pay.
Open official site City of AlmaPolice & jail
Michigan State Police checks by name through ICHAT, covering felonies and misdemeanors punishable by more than 93 days from all 83 counties, or by fingerprints where a law requires it.
Open official site Michigan State Police Criminal History Checks (ICHAT)County court
Michigan judicial branch site with case search, court forms, MiFILE e-filing, MI-Resolve online dispute resolution and State Court Administrative Office guidance for district, circuit and probate courts.
Open official site Michigan Courts (One Court of Justice)Everything else, organized
11 more Alma sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Alma, a place of 9,488 people, is in Gratiot County, whose county seat is Ithaca. Court and property records sit with Gratiot County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Alma's own offices are in the cards above, and our Gratiot 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 old survey maps record 1 hole inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. GeoWebFace shows historic mining sites as points; no agency page with underground workings outlines was found, and the OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds Michigan maps.
Alma sits over the Northern Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by EGLE GeoWebFace and linked below.
Michigan 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Alma.
Deeds for property in Alma are recorded by the Gratiot County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Gratiot County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. 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.