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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Kansas Business Center.
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Request copies of death records from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
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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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Harper County Kansas Sheriff's Office, Sheriff, Tracy Chance, , Undersheriff, Kenny Hodson Jr.
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Bluff City public records are kept by the offices listed above. Start with the office that created the record.
The Harper County Sheriff's Office, which serves Bluff City, is reachable at (620) 284-6959. Voters in Bluff City are served by the Harper County Clerk's Office, which administers all elections throughout Harper County. The Harper County Clerk is located at 201 North Jennings Avenue, Anthony, Kansas 67003, phone (620) 842-5555.
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Inspecting records is free under the Kansas Open Records Act, and fees may not exceed the actual cost of copies and staff time. Kansas Case Search is free, a certified Kansas birth, death, marriage or divorce certificate costs $20, and registers of deeds charge set fees for deed copies.
Ask the Bluff City police department for incident and accident reports if the city has its own force; otherwise the Harper County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Kansas Highway Patrol crash reports are sold through the state's online accident report system, or by request to the KHP records department for $5.
Cases filed in Harper County are heard by the Kansas district court for the county. Kansas Case Search on kscourts.gov gives public access to district court case information, and the clerk of the district court sells copies.
Deeds and mortgages are filed with the Harper County Register of Deeds. The Harper County Appraiser sets property values, and the Harper County Treasurer mails tax bills and collects payments, which can also be paid online through kansas.gov.
Kansas birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are issued by the Office of Vital Statistics in Topeka, by mail, online, phone or walk-in, for $20 each. Kansas vital records are not public, so they go only to the person named, family and others with a direct interest.
Yes. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation releases Kansas criminal history records to the general public through its online criminal history record search for a fee. Kansas Case Search also shows district court cases.
Kansas agencies must act on a request as soon as possible and give some response no later than the end of the third business day under the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-218.