Ohio, Cuyahoga County
Where Berea's records are kept. Court and property records for Berea sit with Cuyahoga County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio.
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Berea relies on Cuyahoga County and the State of Ohio for its public records. The cards below are the Ohio state offices, and the Cuyahoga County offices are on our Cuyahoga County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
The Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation is Ohio's clearinghouse for missing person data: it keeps databases of missing children and adults, issues alerts and takes tips. Families should call local police first.
Open official site Ohio Attorney General Missing PersonsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
The Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Besides PACER and e-filing links, the court sells hearing audio, $32 on CD or $2.40 per MP3 file through PACER, and accepts proofs of claim online without a login.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
17 more Berea sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Berea, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Berea is an incorporated place in Cuyahoga County, a place of 18,545 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. Cleveland, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Cuyahoga County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 12 investigations with a Berea address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $120,873 in back wages agreed for 133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JB Design Inc. | 1 | $54,554 | 66 |
| Ohio Natural Stone, Inc. | 1 | $20,978 | 14 |
| Green Horizon, Inc. | 1 | $19,493 | 10 |
| Kovachy Sales, Inc. | 1 | $14,372 | 18 |
| Glenn W. Goist, DDS, Inc. | 1 | $2,896 | 10 |
| John J. Kavlich III, M.D. | 1 | $2,773 | 3 |
| Midwest Data Group, LLC | 1 | $2,717 | 2 |
| Pizza King | 1 | $2,297 | 8 |
| Scoundrel's Bar and Grill | 1 | $733 | 1 |
| JJ Mink, Inc. | 1 | $60 | 1 |
| Royal Color, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Superior Landscpaes, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Berea, by back wages agreed; 5 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Ohio wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Cuyahoga County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Cuyahoga County records are on the county page.