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Find the right office in Barber County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The Kansas Secretary of State's business services search corporations, LLCs and other registered entities and check whether a name is available. Kansas keeps no statewide filing for sole proprietor trade names.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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Barber County Sheriff, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Barber County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Barber County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Barber County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Barber County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Barber County is supported by municipal police departments. These departments work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office to address major crimes and ensure public safety across Barber County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Barber County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Barber County, with headquarters located at 200 E. Fowler Avenue in Medicine Lodge, Kansas 67104. Inmates housed in Barber County Jail can be located by calling the Sheriff's Office directly during business hours, though Barber County does not currently maintain a full online inmate roster. For urgent law enforcement matters, citizens should dial 911.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Barber County are maintained by Barber County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following the procedures outlined under the Kansas Open Records Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and legal representatives to find information about current inmates.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Barber County are taken and retained by Barber County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or by requesting them under the Kansas Open Records Act. While the Sheriff's Office may provide online access to some records, individuals seeking mugshots may need to submit a formal request.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 3 mine sites inside the county: 2 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 61 holes drawn inside the county, 8 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. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
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 7 investigations in Barber County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $29,967 in back wages agreed for 60 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunk Harvesting LLC | Kiowa | 1 | $10,511 | 14 |
| Clark Farms Harvesting and Trucking, Inc | Kiowa | 1 | $10,068 | 11 |
| Dirks Copy Products, Inc | Medicine Lodge | 1 | $5,536 | 14 |
| ML-BDM | Medicine Lodge | 1 | $3,679 | 20 |
| Lohmann Farms | Kiowa | 1 | $172 | 1 |
| Kiowa Locker System, LLC | Kiowa | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Mid-West Oilfield Service, Inc. | Medicine Lodge | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Barber County record, by back wages agreed; 4 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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Barber County Sheriff or a city police department in Barber County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Kansas criminal history record comes from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Central Repository. Name based search online at www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory (no longer by mail or walk in), or a certified or fingerprint based request to the KBI. Fee: $20.00 for a name based online search; $30 for a certified name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based Kansas check.
Search the Kansas Offender Registry (KBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county election officer (the county clerk, or the appointed election commissioner in Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties) or through the Kansas Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration books close 21 days before an election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Barber County are kept by the Barber County Register of Deeds. Property values are set by the county appraiser, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Kansas come from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. Walk in at 1000 SW Jackson Suite 120, Topeka, KS 66612-2221 (Curtis State Office Building), by regular or priority mail, by telephone, or online through VitalChek, all listed by the Office. Fee: $20 for each certified copy (the first $20 is a five year record search fee that includes one copy if the record is found).
Business entity filings are searched with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services. Businesses should check with the county and city where they operate for local permits and licenses; many trades need state agency licenses.
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