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Find the right office in Blair 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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Vital records
Marriage Licenses and Marriage Records, the office that issues certificates for Blair County, Pennsylvania, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Marriage Licenses and Marriage RecordsProperty records
Blair County Tax Claim Bureau: Collection of delinquent county taxes and fee schedules.
Open official site Blair County Tax Claim BureauPolice & jail
Blair County Open Records Requests: Official copies of police and criminal history records.
Open official site Blair County Open Records RequestsVital records
Blair County Vital Records Information, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Blair County Vital Records InformationCity records
Directory of Blair County Government Departments, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
Open official site Directory of Blair County Government DepartmentsState records
Blair County Area Agency on Aging: Protection, assistance, services for seniors, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Blair County Area Agency on AgingFederal
Blair County Department of Veterans Affairs: Assistance and services for veterans and dependents.
Open official site Blair County Department of Veterans AffairsCourt records
Blair County District Attorney: Prosecution of criminal cases, victims assistance program, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Blair County District AttorneyProperty records
Blair County Assessment Office: Online property search by parcel I.D., owner's name.
Open official site Blair County Assessment OfficePolice & jail
Blair County Jail, the custody facility for the county, with inmate information and visiting rules as the facility publishes them.
Open official site Blair County JailCity records
Blair County Board of Commissioners: Governing body of Blair County, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Blair County Board of CommissionersFederal
United States Census Bureau figures for Blair County, Pennsylvania, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
Open official site Blair County U.S. CensusEverything else, organized
22 more Blair County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Blair County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Blair County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Blair County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Blair County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Altoona Police Department, Tyrone County Police Department, and Hollidaysburg County Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Blair County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at Blair County Courthouse, 423 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, serves civil process, provides courthouse security, and operates Blair County Prison. Blair County Prison, located at 4242 Goods Lane, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, houses county inmates and provides an online inmate lookup service through Blair County website at www.altoonapa.gov/contact-forms/resource-directory/contact-cards/blair-county-commissioners-office, where the public can search current inmates by name or booking number. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq, governs public access to arrest records and police reports.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Blair County are maintained by Blair County Sheriff's Office and local police departments.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Blair County are taken and retained by Blair County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 63 named mine sites inside the county, 55 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 79 holes drawn inside the county, 3 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; Lead; Zinc.
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. DEP has an address lookup for mine subsidence risk at gis.dep.pa.gov/msiRisk where you enter a street address: if the site falls in a gray Underground Mining Area it is over or near a known mined area. The PHUMMIS inventory of historic underground mine maps sits at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/Phummis and is linked from the DEP Act 54 maps page.
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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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Blair County Sheriff or a city police department in Blair County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Pennsylvania criminal history record comes from the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH). Run a name based PATCH check online at epatch.pa.gov or send a mail in PATCH request. Fee: $22.00 for each PATCH check; online card payments add a 2% fee.
Search the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Website, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county voter registration office (county board of elections) or through the Pennsylvania Department of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register at least 15 days before the election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Blair County are kept by the Blair County recorder of deeds. Property values are set by the county assessment office, and tax bills come from the local elected tax collector; county treasurer in some counties. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Pennsylvania come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. The Department of Health runs six Vital Records public offices across the state for in person requests. Online through VitalChek at mycertificates.health.pa.gov, the state's only authorized vendor, by mail to Division of Vital Records, Birth Certificate Processing Unit, PO Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103, or in person at a Vital Records public office. Fee: $20 for each birth certificate; online orders add a $10 processing fee.
Business entity filings are searched with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. There is no general business license that all Pennsylvania businesses must obtain; licensing depends on the business activity and location, and owners contact their locality about local business licenses.
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