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Chelsea, Michigan Public Records

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Where Chelsea's records are kept. Chelsea has its own police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.

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The cards below include Chelsea's own offices, along with the Washtenaw County and State of Michigan offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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Vital records

Michigan Vital Records Office

Order certified copies of Michigan birth, death, marriage and divorce records from the MDHHS Division of Vital Records by mail, online or in person.

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Police & jail

Chelsea Police Department

City police station at 311 S. Main St., non-emergency (734) 475-1771 option 3, with accident reports, FOIA and records requests, pistol permits, crime statistics and a compliment or complaint form.

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About public records in Chelsea

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Chelsea at a glance

County
Washtenaw County
County seat
Ann Arbor
Population
5,467
Washtenaw County population
372,258
Local records
Washtenaw County offices
ZIP codes
48118

About Chelsea public records

Chelsea, a place of 5,467 people, is in Washtenaw County, whose county seat is Ann Arbor. Court and property records sit with Washtenaw County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Chelsea's own offices are in the cards above, and our Washtenaw County page lists each county office.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Chelsea

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Chelsea

Processing plants, not workings
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USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 processing plant, which is not a working.

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. GeoWebFace shows historic mining sites as points; no agency page with underground workings outlines was found, and the OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds Michigan maps.

Detroit Abrasives Co--Chelsea N 1 mile
Chelsea: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.
Michigan mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Chelsea

Michigan 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

Wage and hour cases in Chelsea, Michigan

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Chelsea address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $127,193 in back wages agreed for 80 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.

Investigations closed
9
Back wages agreed
$127,193
Workers due back wages
80
Civil money penalties
$0
Employers on the record
7
EmployerCasesBack wagesWorkers
Spad's Twisters Soft-Serve Ice Cream, Inc.2$2,59413
Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC1$4744
Ariston, Inc.1$4107
Vitale Management Team, Inc.1$3948
Star Management, Inc.1$1213
Polly's Food Services, Inc.2$00
Board of Education Washtenaw Cosylvan Twp1$00

Every employer whose address on the record is in Chelsea, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Michigan wage theft records page ranks the whole state.

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Chelsea public-records FAQs

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How do I register to vote in Chelsea, Michigan?

Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Chelsea.

How do I look up property records in Chelsea, Michigan?

Deeds for property in Chelsea are recorded by the Washtenaw County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Washtenaw County page lists the county offices.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Chelsea, Michigan?

Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.

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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.

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