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Bates County Offices, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Bates County Sheriff's Office
Bates County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Bates County, MO Vital Records
Bates County, MO Vital Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Bates County Official Webpage
Bates County Official Webpage: Offices, officials and public information, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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Bates County Census
United States Census Bureau figures for Bates County, Missouri, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Bates County Case Search
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Voter registration and election information from Bates County Voters Lookup, the office that keeps the county voter roll.
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Bates County Jail
Bates County Jail, the custody facility for the county, with inmate information and visiting rules as the facility publishes them.
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Bates County Recorder of Deeds and Marriage Licenses
Bates County Recorder of Deeds and Marriage Licenses, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Bates County Facts
Bates County Facts: About the county, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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Bates County Judicial Circuit 27
Bates County Judicial Circuit 27, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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- Bates County Sex Offender SearchLocate offenders in the Bates County
- Bates County Health DepartmentHealth health center data
- Bates County TownsTowns in the county
- Bates County Juvenile Officebatescounty.net
- Bates County HistoryAbout the county of Bates
- Judges of the Western Appellate DistrictFind appellate court judges for the district including Bates County
- University of Missouri Extension Bates CountyFind and use University of Missouri resources for Bates County
- Western District Clerk's OfficeClerk of Court of Western Appellate Division
- Bates County MapsSee several different Bates County maps
- Bates County Domestic Violence InformationFind help for domestic abuse and stalking
- Butler Public LibraryInformation and resources at Bates County libraries
- Court FormsDownload legal forms used in Bates County
- Bates County CemeteriesList of cemeteries in Bates County
- Bates County Court of Appeals Western DistrictInformation on cases brought back on appeal in Bates County
- Bates County Memorial HospitalFind medical information, help and care while in Bates County
- Bates County MuseumHistorical information held at the Bates County Museum
- Bates County TourismFind interesting things to see and do while in Bates County
- Bates County Election InformationElection results and polling place hours
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- Bates County News and Current EventsPublic notices
- Bates County ArchivesFind historical information on places and people of Bates County
- Bates County Social ServicesFind help and support for Bates County families, adults and children
Local record guide
About public records in Bates County
County profile
Bates County at a glance
- State
- Missouri
- County seat
- Butler
- Population
- 16,042
- Area
- 851 sq mi
- Founded
- 1841
- Cities and towns
- 8
Bates County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Bates County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Bates County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Bates County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Bates County. Each department is responsible for law enforcement within its respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office handles the broader unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Bates County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Bates County and provides countywide law enforcement services. Located at 10 West Ft. Scott Street in Butler, MO 64730, the Sheriff's Office can be contacted through the office’s website. Bates County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates for Bates County and maintains booking records.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Bates County are maintained by Bates County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, subject to the Missouri Sunshine Law, which governs public access to government records.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Bates County are taken and retained by Bates County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the arrest record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office. While some mugshots may be available online, the Sheriff's Office is the primary source for obtaining these images.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Bates County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Bates County
- Old mine sites
- 62
- Sites with no status in the records
- 2
- Still producing
- 5
- Main minerals
- crushed stone; construction sand and gravel
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 25
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- open pit mine or quarry, quarry, open pit mine, gravel pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1936 to 1991
- Records behind them
- 99 records for 94 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 69 named mine sites inside the county, 62 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 25 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; construction sand and gravel.
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.
Missouri mine map and abandoned mine records
- Missouri Mine Map Repository (Missouri Geological Survey)The official repository under section 256.112 RSMo with more than 2,000 underground mine maps, 1,193 scanned (428 coal, 765 non coal), listed by number and by township, range and section so a location can be searched, with maps to download; 573-368-2100.
- Missouri DNR Land Reclamation Program, Abandoned Mine Lands (PUB2066)The program approved in 1982 to reclaim abandoned coal mine land; program page at https://dnr.mo.gov/land-geology/mining-land-reclamation.
- Missouri DNR Abandoned Mine Lands ViewerWeb map of completed coal, lead and zinc reclamation projects (2000 to 2014); the page says it does not show every mining related site in the state.
Named workings recorded in Bates County (70 shown, 24 unnamed on the map)
- Black Diamond MineOpen Pit Mine | New Home map, 1937
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 4 records for this one site
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Alvis QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- B + B Rock & Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Bates Co #1 Butler QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Bates Co #2 Rosier QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown
- Bates Co #6 Amsterdam QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Bates County # 1 QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Bates County Rock Phosphate QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Batesco #1 PlantStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Butler City QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Freeto QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Merwin Q. QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Reno MineStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Thayer Brothers Quarry # 4Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Underwood QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
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Bates County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Bates County, Missouri?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Bates County Sheriff or a city police department in Bates County. Ask that agency for its record. RSMo 407.1150 makes it unlawful for anyone who publishes criminal record information, including booking photographs taken by Missouri law enforcement, to ask for or accept a fee to remove or correct it.
How do I get a criminal background check in Bates County, Missouri?
The Missouri criminal history record comes from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Name based search with name, date of birth and Social Security number through the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), or a fingerprint search with a completed FD 258 applicant fingerprint card. Fee: $16.00 per name based request; $20.00 per fingerprint based request (state only); $5.00 more for a notarized response.
How can I look up sex offenders in Bates County, Missouri?
Search the Missouri Sex Offender Registry (Missouri State Highway Patrol), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Bates County, Missouri?
Register with the local election authority (county clerk or board of election commissioners) or through the Missouri Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must be registered by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday before the election (RSMo 115.135).
How do I look up property records in Bates County, Missouri?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Bates County are kept by the Bates County Recorder of Deeds. Property values are set by the county Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Bates County, Missouri?
Certified birth and death certificates for Missouri come from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records. Local public health agencies also issue birth certificates for births from 1920 on and death certificates for deaths from 1980 on. By mail or in person by appointment at the Bureau of Vital Records, 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at your local public health agency, or by phone or online through VitalChek, which the Bureau names, for an added fee. Fee: $15 per birth record and $15 for each added copy; $14 per death record and $11 for each added copy.
How do I find business license records in Bates County, Missouri?
Business entity filings are searched with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Unit. The Secretary of State's starting steps say to register for a business license and other permits, if any, with your local city or county.
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