Indiana, Clay County
Where Brazil's records are kept. Brazil has its own city government, fire department, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Brazil's own offices, along with the Clay County and State of Indiana offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
State agency that keeps the Indiana State Archives, with records from the territorial period to today, and sets retention schedules for state and local offices; archive visits and tours can be arranged.
Open official site Indiana Archives and Records AdministrationCounty court
Clerk office headquartered in Indianapolis with staffed offices in Evansville and New Albany; a case administrator finder uses the last two digits of a case number, and PACER has case files.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of IndianaCounty court
Indiana Office of Judicial Administration search of cases that are not confidential, in courts using the Odyssey system, including appellate courts, by case or citation number, party name or attorney.
Open official site Indiana Courts Case Search (MyCase)Vital records
Certified Indiana birth, death and fetal death certificates, $10 for a birth and $8 for a death copy, issued to people with direct interest; births are on file from 1907 and deaths from 1900.
Open official site Indiana Department of Health Division of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Indiana Department of Correction starting point for finding someone in state custody and their DOC number, with links for visits, sending money, phone calls, records requests and Indiana SAVIN victim notification.
Open official site Indiana Department of Correction Incarcerated LocatorPolice & jail
Indiana State Police clearinghouse, created in 2009, that collects and shares information on missing children, veterans at risk and endangered adults, with alert links and a missing person bulletin.
Open official site Indiana Clearinghouse for Missing Children and Endangered AdultsPolice & jail
Where the Indiana State Police explain how to get a limited or national criminal history, challenge an error in your own record, or expunge criminal history.
Open official site Indiana State Police Criminal History ServicesCity records
Brazil City Hall at 203 E National Ave, phone 812-443-2221, with the mayor, city ordinances, cemetery search, Board of Works and council minutes, the clerk treasurer, planning and zoning and utilities.
Open official site City of BrazilCity records
Fire Chief Jake Bennett's department, phone (812) 448-1721, teaches fire prevention and safety to schools and businesses and runs a free smoke detector program funded by grants and donations.
Open official site Brazil Fire DepartmentProperty records
Clerk Treasurer Karen McQueen at 203 E National Ave, phone 812-448-8403, open weekdays 8 to 4, handling city finances, payroll, park shelter rentals, ordinance violation payments and the city budget.
Open official site Brazil Clerk Treasurer's OfficeProperty records
City planning office, phone 812-446-0050, with the zoning map, FAQs and downloads for building, demolition and sign permits, contractor and electrical licenses, rezoning, plats and pet registration.
Open official site Brazil Planning and ZoningCity records
School corporation office at 1013 South Forest Ave. in Brazil, phone 812-443-4461, with job and background check applications, the calendar, transportation, food services, finance and special services.
Open official site Clay Community SchoolsEverything else, organized
13 more Brazil sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Brazil, a place of 8,181 people, is the seat of Clay County. Court and property records sit with Clay County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana. Brazil's own offices are in the cards above, and our Clay County page lists each county 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 2 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 site producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 1 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Fire Clay (Refractory).
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. The DNR subsidence insurance page (www.in.gov/dnr/reclamation/mine-subsidence/subsidence-insurance) says the Division of Reclamation fills subsidence holes but does not pay for structural damage, which is what the fund is for.
Brazil sits over the Eastern Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by DNR Division of Reclamation, Coal Mine Information System (CMIS) map viewer and linked below.
Indiana 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 6 investigations with a Brazil address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $18,722 in back wages agreed for 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G & R Hospitality, LLC | 1 | $18,525 | 9 |
| Sunrise Family Restaurant, Inc. | 1 | $197 | 3 |
| S & G Auto Sales INC. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Gas City LTD | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Metal and Additives Corporation, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Carrington Commodity Relocation LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Brazil, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Indiana wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Indiana is run by the Indiana Election Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Brazil.
Deeds for property in Brazil are recorded by the Clay County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Clay County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Indiana come from the state vital records office, Indiana Department of Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.