Kansas, Douglas County
Where Baldwin's records are kept. Baldwin has its own town government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Baldwin's own offices, along with State of Kansas offices; the Douglas County offices are on our Douglas County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Baldwin City Police Department: accident and incident reports, fingerprinting, crime tips and records requests; the county jail and warrants are with the Douglas County Sheriff in Lawrence.
Open official site Baldwin City Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation registered offender search: sex, violent and drug offenders registered in Kansas, by name, city, county or zip code, with photos and offense details.
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Kansas district court records through eCourt: civil, criminal, family, probate and traffic cases from every county district court, searched by name or case number.
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The Kansas Secretary of State business search: corporations, LLCs and partnerships by name or business ID, with their resident agents, annual reports and status.
Open official site Kansas business entity searchState records
The Kansas State Treasurer unclaimed property search: money from closed accounts, uncashed checks, deposits and insurance, searched by name and claimed online.
Open official site Kansas Unclaimed PropertyVital records
Kansas death certificates from the Office of Vital Statistics: certified copies for deaths in Kansas since 1911, ordered online, by mail or in person in Topeka.
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Kansas marriage certificates from the Office of Vital Statistics: certified copies for marriages in Kansas since 1913, ordered online, by mail or in person.
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KASPER, the Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository: people in Kansas Department of Corrections custody or under post release supervision, by name or KDOC number, with the facility and status.
Open official site KASPER, Kansas prison population searchPolice & jail
Criminal history record checks from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: statewide conviction records by name through the online record check service, for a fee, plus fingerprint based checks.
Open official site Kansas criminal history record checkState courts
The Kansas District Court Public Access Portal: civil, criminal, traffic and probate cases from the district courts statewide by name or case number, from the Kansas Judicial Branch.
Open official site Kansas court recordsVital records
Kansas birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates from the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Environment, ordered online, by mail or in person, with birth and death records from 1911.
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Unclaimed property held by the Kansas State Treasurer: dormant accounts, uncashed checks, deposits and other property, searched and claimed online by name.
Open official site Kansas unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Baldwin is in Douglas County, whose county seat is Lawrence. Court and property records sit with Douglas County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas. Baldwin's own offices are in the cards above, and our Douglas County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Baldwin sits over the Western Region and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by KDHE Abandoned Mine Land Program and that office is where to ask for them.
Kansas 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 6 investigations with a Baldwin City address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $48,373 in back wages agreed for 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Precision Manufacturing, Incorporated | 1 | $46,364 | 12 |
| ComfortCare Homes of Baldwin City, LLC | 1 | $2,009 | 28 |
| Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Wave The Wheat Pizza II, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Genesis Health Care, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| South Baldwin Farms LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Baldwin City, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Kansas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Inspecting records is free under the Kansas Open Records Act, and fees may not exceed the actual cost of copies and staff time. Kansas Case Search is free, a certified Kansas birth, death, marriage or divorce certificate costs $20, and registers of deeds charge set fees for deed copies.
Ask the Baldwin police department for incident and accident reports if the city has its own force; otherwise the Douglas County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Kansas Highway Patrol crash reports are sold through the state's online accident report system, or by request to the KHP records department for $5.
Cases filed in Douglas County are heard by the Kansas district court for the county. Kansas Case Search on kscourts.gov gives public access to district court case information, and the clerk of the district court sells copies.
Deeds and mortgages are filed with the Douglas County Register of Deeds. The Douglas County Appraiser sets property values, and the Douglas County Treasurer mails tax bills and collects payments, which can also be paid online through kansas.gov.
Kansas birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are issued by the Office of Vital Statistics in Topeka, by mail, online, phone or walk-in, for $20 each. Kansas vital records are not public, so they go only to the person named, family and others with a direct interest.
Yes. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation releases Kansas criminal history records to the general public through its online criminal history record search for a fee. Kansas Case Search also shows district court cases.
Kansas agencies must act on a request as soon as possible and give some response no later than the end of the third business day under the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-218.
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.