Oklahoma, Woods County
Where Alva's records are kept. Court and property records for Alva sit with Woods County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Oklahoma.
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As a small town, Alva relies on Woods County and the State of Oklahoma for its public records. The cards below are the Oklahoma state offices, and the Woods County offices are on our Woods County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
OSBI clearinghouse helping police and families find missing people; reports go to local law enforcement first, and its Oklahoma Missing Persons Index, drawn from NCIC, lists names, ages and descriptions.
Open official site Oklahoma Missing Persons ClearinghouseVital 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
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center holdings for family history, from cemetery books and birth, death and marriage indexes to the Dawes Rolls and other American Indian records, plus a research request service.
Open official site Oklahoma Historical Society GenealogyCounty court
Oklahoma City bankruptcy court at 215 Dean A McGee Avenue, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays; new paper cases are not accepted at the front counter after 4:00 p.m., and hearing dockets are posted.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of OklahomaCounty court
Oklahoma State Courts Network docket search, run by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, with case number lookup in district and appellate courts and daily docket and filing reports; counties outside OSCN have a separate search.
Open official site OSCN Docket SearchEverything else, organized
19 more Alva sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Alva, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Alva, a place of 5,028 people, is the seat of Woods County, so most county offices are in Alva itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Each Woods County office is listed on our Woods County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 4 investigations with a Alva address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $13,820 in back wages agreed for 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donut Palace | 1 | $7,026 | 2 |
| Rachit, Inc. | 1 | $5,457 | 7 |
| Value Added Products | 1 | $1,253 | 17 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Alva, by back wages agreed; 0 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Oklahoma wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Woods County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Woods County records are on the county page.