Nebraska, county records
Find the right office in Buffalo 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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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska handles bankruptcy cases filed in Nebraska. Its dockets, claims and case documents are searched through PACER.
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The Nebraska Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division issues assessment rules, valuation guides and protest forms and oversees the homestead exemption. Parcel records are kept by each county assessor.
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Buffalo County Sheriff, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Buffalo County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Nebraska Secretary of State.
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Buffalo County Court, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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Request birth and death certificates, marriage records and divorce filings in Nebraska.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Buffalo County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Buffalo County.
Police Departments. Buffalo County is served by multiple law enforcement agencies, including Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Buffalo County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Buffalo County and operates Buffalo County detention facility. The agency provides patrol services, civil process serving, court security, and jail operations throughout Buffalo County's 968 square miles. Buffalo County Jail houses pre-trial detainees and sentenced misdemeanor offenders, and inmate information can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office during regular business hours by calling the main number or visiting in person. The Kearney Police Department serves the city of Kearney and is the largest municipal law enforcement agency in Buffalo County, located at 2025 Avenue A, Kearney, NE 68847 Smaller municipalities such as Ravenna, Elm Creek, Shelton, and Gibbon maintain their own police departments or contract with the Sheriff's Office for law enforcement services.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 7 mine sites inside the county: 7 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 57 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. Nebraska has no abandoned mine program.
Nebraska 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 87 investigations in Buffalo County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $510,644 in back wages agreed for 733 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbon Packing, LLC | Gibbon | 1 | $176,677 | 250 |
| CSS Farms, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $84,343 | 101 |
| Bushido, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $58,265 | 25 |
| Family Physical Therapy & Sports Center, PC | Kearney | 1 | $52,271 | 39 |
| Camelot Transportation, Inc. | Kearney | 2 | $40,092 | 34 |
| Y Q F Food Inc | Kearney | 1 | $18,413 | 3 |
| J and T Tires and Associates, LLC | Kearney | 1 | $10,298 | 12 |
| Trattoria Flippin Sweet | Kearney | 2 | $8,608 | 13 |
| Come and Get It, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $7,951 | 52 |
| Kucera Painting | Kearney | 1 | $5,353 | 0 |
| Corpus Christi Carmelites, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $5,154 | 35 |
| Richardson Manure Hauling, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $4,724 | 1 |
| Killion Motors, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $4,533 | 3 |
| Foodmart III, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $4,164 | 9 |
| Schrock Medical Clinic, PC | Kearney | 1 | $3,743 | 10 |
| Nilsen Hay, Inc. | Ravenna | 1 | $3,490 | 2 |
| Laseer Tec of Nebraska, Inc. | Shelton | 1 | $3,323 | 7 |
| Wild West, Inc. | Kearney | 3 | $2,487 | 16 |
| Van Housen Construction, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $2,423 | 15 |
| Younes Hospitality | Kearney | 1 | $2,330 | 48 |
| Khan Hotels, LLC | Kearney | 1 | $1,825 | 6 |
| Marlatt MacHine and Welding, LLC | Kearney | 1 | $1,716 | 8 |
| Energy Roofing Technology, Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $1,658 | 3 |
| Kearney Investment Inc. | Kearney | 1 | $1,372 | 4 |
| Kearney Eye Institute, P.C. | Kearney | 1 | $952 | 2 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 78 on the Buffalo County record; 16 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 53 more with smaller records are on the Nebraska wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Buffalo County Sheriff or a city police department in Buffalo County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Nebraska criminal history record comes from the Nebraska State Patrol, Criminal Identification Division (Central Repository). Name based report (RAP sheet) on any person, online, or in person at any Nebraska State Patrol Troop Area office with the Criminal History Record Request form; fingerprint based national checks cost more. Fee: $45.00.
Search the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry (Nebraska State Patrol), 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 Election Commissioner or through the Nebraska Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. Mail registrations must be postmarked by the third Friday before an election; in person registration at the County Clerk or Election Commissioner's office is open until 6 p.m. on the second Friday before an election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Buffalo County are kept by the Buffalo County Register of Deeds. 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 Nebraska come from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records. Online through the DHHS Vital Records ordering site, by mail with a check or money order made out to Vital Records to P.O. Box 95065, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5065, or in person at 301 Centennial Mall South, First Floor, Lincoln. Fee: $17.00 per copy of a birth certificate and $16.00 per copy of a death certificate.
Business entity filings are searched with the Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Any Nebraska city or village may impose an occupation tax, a privilege or license tax on an occupation or business within its boundaries.
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