Iowa, Polk County
Where Ankeny's records are kept. Ankeny has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Ankeny's own offices, along with State of Iowa offices; the Polk County offices are on our Polk County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The State Historical Society of Iowa opens its collection of more than 209 million items, with a catalog of government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, research centers, reference requests and copy orders.
Open official site State Historical Society of Iowa ResearchCounty court
Serves southern Iowa from 111 Locust Street in Des Moines; the court posts 341 meeting and courtroom calendars, decisions and orders, takes copy requests and links PACER case information.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of IowaCounty court
Iowa's state court system online: find any county courthouse, search court records, fill in interactive court forms, eFile documents and follow Supreme Court opinions and oral arguments.
Open official site Iowa Judicial BranchVital records
Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services runs Medicaid, food and cash assistance and public health programs, and supplies certified copies of birth, death and marriage records.
Open official site Iowa Department of Health and Human ServicesPolice & jail
Free and confidential Iowa VINE lookup of custody status and protective order information. Monitoring an offender here does not bring parole hearing notices from the Iowa Department of Corrections or parole board.
Open official site Iowa VINE Offender SearchPolice & jail
Clearinghouse run since 1985 by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, listing missing and unidentified persons with filters for gender, race, height and weight. Families may email a photo for a listing.
Open official site Iowa Missing Person Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation registry, the central store of Iowa sex offender registration records since July 1995. Search registrants by last name, first name, alias or ZIP code.
Open official site Iowa Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation record checks, on yourself or someone else, cost $15 per last name and need first name, last name and exact birth date; send online, by mail, fax or email.
Open official site Iowa DCI Criminal History Record CheckFederal
Ankeny city, Iowa in Census Bureau QuickFacts, estimated at 77,833 residents on July 1, 2025. The table adds housing, income and poverty, education, health insurance, commuting and business statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
Ankeny city offices at 410 W. First Street, with meeting agendas, utility bill payment, the city code, water customer service, the police department, library and issue reporting.
Open official site City of AnkenyState records
Official records and legal files 410 W 1st Street Ankeny IA 50023 Phone: (515) 965-6405 Fax: (515) 965-6416
Open official site Ankeny City ClerkPolice & jail
Ankeny Police Provide Final Update on Homicide Investigation on NW Reinhart Drive, identify victim and suspect. Law enforcement services 411 S W Ordnance Road Ankeny IA 50023 Phone: (515) 289-5240 Fax: (515) 289-9124
Open official site Ankeny Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
11 more Ankeny sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Ankeny, a place of 67,887 people, is in Polk County, whose county seat is Des Moines. Court and property records sit with Polk County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa. Ankeny's own offices are in the cards above, and our Polk 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. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
Ankeny sits over the Western 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 Iowa DNR Iowa Coal Mines map and linked below.
Iowa 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 108 investigations with a Ankeny address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $559,941 in back wages agreed for 1,039 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Corps, L.P. | 8 | $168,243 | 694 |
| CalbateG3, LLC | 1 | $50,245 | 101 |
| State of Iowa / Alcoholic Beverages Division | 1 | $47,466 | 9 |
| Aspen Aire, Inc | 1 | $41,481 | 5 |
| Ankeny Dram Shop FFE Leasing, LLC | 1 | $22,126 | 114 |
| Blackford Foundations and Steel Erection | 1 | $20,494 | 12 |
| Aashay LLC | 2 | $16,376 | 4 |
| Premier Plumbing, Inc | 1 | $15,378 | 30 |
| Tasty King, LLC | 1 | $14,488 | 39 |
| Guadalajara LLC | 1 | $14,465 | 2 |
| Classic Tan, Inc | 2 | $13,559 | 31 |
| R&R Romero, LLC | 1 | $13,156 | 13 |
| Tenth Ave LLC | 1 | $12,437 | 8 |
| Career Management Associates of IOWA (CMA) | 1 | $10,933 | 10 |
| Satellite City, Inc | 1 | $8,869 | 8 |
| On the Waterfront Seafood Restaurant, Inc. | 2 | $8,037 | 5 |
| Main Street Cafe & Bakery, INC | 1 | $5,772 | 2 |
| Lodging Partners LLC | 1 | $5,524 | 31 |
| Aptive Environmental, LLC | 1 | $5,047 | 18 |
| Signature Resources, Inc | 1 | $4,824 | 1 |
| Real Optics, Inc. | 1 | $4,607 | 22 |
| Career Management Associates of Iowa LLC | 2 | $4,549 | 6 |
| Ankeny Health Care Enterprises, LLC | 1 | $4,028 | 38 |
| Little Futures, Inc. | 1 | $3,711 | 9 |
| Dewey Ford, Inc. | 2 | $3,188 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 93 whose address on the record is in Ankeny; 30 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 68 more with smaller records are on the Iowa wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Iowa is run by the Iowa Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Ankeny.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Iowa come from the state vital records office, Iowa HHS Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Ankeny register with the Iowa Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Ankeny requires one, comes from the town or Polk 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.