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Find the right office in Carbon 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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Court records
Carbon County Naturalization Records: Personal and historical information for naturalized citizens, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Carbon County Naturalization RecordsProperty records
Carbon County Treasurers Office Tax Collection, with the property tax bills, payment information and collections the office reports.
Open official site Carbon County Treasurers Office Tax CollectionPolice & jail
Sheriff of Carbon County, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Sheriff of Carbon CountyVital records
Carbon County of Vital Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Carbon County of Vital RecordsCity records
Directory of Carbon County Government Departments, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
Open official site Directory of Carbon County Government DepartmentsPolice & jail
Carbon County Criminal Records, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
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Carbon County Veterans Affairs Office: Benefits and assistance programs for veterans, dependents.
Open official site Carbon County Veterans Affairs OfficeProperty records
Carbon Recorder of Deeds, the office that records deeds, mortgages and land documents, with its index and copy rules as published.
Open official site Carbon Recorder of DeedsPolice & jail
Pennsylvania State Police Troop N Hazelton Headquarters, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes for Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
Open official site Pennsylvania State Police Troop N Hazelton HeadquartersVital records
Carbon County Coroner, the office that investigates deaths in the county, with the death investigation information and reports it publishes.
Open official site Carbon County CoronerCity records
Carbon County Board of Commissioners: Authoritative and administrative body of county government.
Open official site Carbon County Board of CommissionersEverything else, organized
32 more Carbon County sources not listed above.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Carbon County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Carbon County.
Police Departments. Carbon County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Carbon County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Jim Thorpe Police Department, Lehighton County Police Department, and Palmerton County Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Carbon County Sheriff's Office is located at 61 Susquehanna Street in Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, and can be contacted through the office’s website. Arrest records and criminal history information in Carbon County are governed by Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104, which establishes procedures for public access to government records. However, criminal history record information is specifically exempted under 18 Pa.C.S. § 9102 and must be obtained through official channels.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (570) 325-2821 Carbon County Assessment Office, located at 76 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 (phone: 570-325-3611), maintains property assessment records, tax maps, and parcel information used for property taxation purposes. Carbon County Planning and Development Office, located at 76 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 (phone: 570-325-3701), handles zoning inquiries and development permits. Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court, located at 4 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 (phone: 570-325-8556), maintains some historical death records and estate files.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 13 named mine sites inside the county, 7 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 57 holes drawn inside the county, 11 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; Clay; construction sand and gravel.
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.
Pennsylvania 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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Carbon County Sheriff or a city police department in Carbon 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 Carbon County are kept by the Carbon 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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