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Find the right office in Bear Lake 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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Court records
The Bear Lake County Clerk of Court keeps the case files of the courts that sit in the county, takes the filings and the fees and issues certified copies of the records.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the Idaho Gem State Prospector.
Open official site Idaho Property RecordsPolice & jail
The Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county's law enforcement agency and holds its arrest records, incident and accident reports and the roster of people held in the county jail.
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Search the Idaho Death Records Database.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Idaho Secretary of State.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Idaho Tax Commission.
Open official site Idaho Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
Information from the Idaho Dept. of Corrections about Idaho death row inmates.
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Find general info and check name availability with the Idaho Secretary of State.
Open official site Idaho Fictitious Business Names FilingsVital records
Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
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Verify an attorney's licensing status with the State Bar.
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Info and applications for obtaining business licenses in ID.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement across Bear Lake County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Bear Lake County is served by Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Montpelier.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Bear Lake County, located at 7 E Center Street in Paris, Idaho 83261. Bear Lake County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences; inmate information can be obtained by calling the jail directly at during business hours, though no online inmate roster is currently available through Bear Lake County website. Arrest records in Bear Lake County are public records under Idaho Code § 74-101 et seq, the Idaho Public Records Act, which establishes that all public records are subject to inspection unless specifically exempted by statute.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Bear Lake County are maintained by Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, in compliance with the Idaho Public Records Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Bear Lake County Jail, operated by Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office, handles the detention of individuals arrested within Bear Lake County. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing the public to find information about current detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Bear Lake County are taken and retained by Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the arrest records and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 81 mine sites inside the county: 24 past producers, now closed, 46 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 4 sites producing when the record was made, 7 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 151 holes drawn inside the county, 19 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Phosphorus-Phosphates; construction sand and gravel; Copper.
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.
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.
Idaho 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 4 investigations in Bear Lake County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $514 in back wages agreed for 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Kang | Montpelier | 1 | $398 | 3 |
| Cooper's At Bear Lake West Inc. | Fish Haven | 1 | $117 | 1 |
| Ranch Hand Trail Stop, LLC | Montpelier | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Jensen Food Service, Inc | Paris | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Bear Lake County record, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Idaho 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 Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Bear Lake County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Idaho criminal history record comes from the Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification. Mail the Name Based Background Check Form with the fee to Idaho State Police BCI, 700 S. Stratford Dr. Ste. 120, Meridian, ID 83642, or send a fingerprint card with the Fingerprint Based Background Check Form. Fee: $20 processing fee for a name based check; $25 for a fingerprint based check.
Search the Idaho Sex Offender Registry (Idaho State Police), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county clerk or through the Idaho Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online registration closes 11 days before an election; you may also register when you vote in person at early voting or on Election Day.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Bear Lake County are kept by the Bear Lake County recorder. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Idaho come from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Online through VitalChek, the Bureau's official online partner, or by mail to Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, PO Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0036; the Bureau has no public counter. Fee: $16 for each certified copy.
Business entity filings are searched with the Idaho Secretary of State (SOSbiz). Idaho does not have a state business license; business licenses are issued by local city clerk's offices, and many cities do not require them.
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