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Clay County Official Site
Clay County Official Site, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Property records
Clay County Recorder of Deeds
Clay County Recorder of Deeds, the office that records deeds, mortgages and land documents, with its index and copy rules as published.
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Police & jail
Clay County Emergency Management
Clay County Emergency Management: Information to prepare, respond and recover from emergencies.
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Vital records
Clay County Death and Birth Records
Clay County Death and Birth Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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City records
Clay County Clerk
Clay County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
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State records
Clay County Directory
Clay County Directory, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Federal
Clay County Census
United States Census Bureau figures for Clay County, Missouri, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Clay County Circuit Clerk
Clay County Circuit Clerk, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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City records
Clay County Unclaimed Property
Clay County Unclaimed Property, the state program holding unclaimed money and property, with owner name searches and the claim forms it publishes.
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Police & jail
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Clay County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Vital records
Clay County Marriage Licenses
Clay County Marriage Licenses, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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City records
Missouri State Archives County and Municipal Records Database
The Missouri State Archives, 600 West Main Street, Jefferson City, offers digitized county and municipal records that can be browsed for Clay County by office, record type and date.
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More county sources
- Clay County AuditorAccounting and financial statements for the county
- Clay County Case SearchSearch for criminal, divorces, small claims, juvenile and traffic cases
- Clay County TaxesPay property taxes online, delinquent tax sale information
- Clay County Detention CenterSearch sheriff's inmate records
- Clay County Health DepartmentHealth and Environmental services for Clay County
- University of Missouri Extension Clay CountyFind and use University of Missouri resources for Clay County
- Clay County Election InformationPolling places, administer the election process, voter information
- Clay County Judicial Circuit 7Court and administrative information judicial circuit 7
- Clay County AssessorFind property assessment information for Clay County
- Mid Continent Public LibraryNorth Kansas City Public Library Information and resources at Clay County libraries
- Clay County Voter Precincts and Polling PlacesFind list of polling places in Clay County
- Judges of the 7th Judicial Circuit CourtList of divisions and judges of the circuit court
- Clay County Geographic Information ServicesGIS map and parcel search for Clay County
- Clay County Visitors' GuideFind things to see and do in the Clay County area
- Clay County Highway DepartmentFind information on local roads and bridges
- Clay County Small Claims CourtInformation on small claims cases for Clay County
- Clay County Voters LookupDetermine if you are registered to vote in Clay County
- Clay County Senior ServicesFind information, help and services for seniors in Clay County
- Clay County Family Court ServicesInformation on divorce and other family matters
- Clay County Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic SitesFind information on Clay County parks and recreational venues
- Clay County Juvenile CourtInformation on juvenile court matters for Clay County
- Clay County Prosecuting AttorneyBad checks, criminal division and child support
- Judges of the Western Appellate DistrictFind appellate court judges for the district
- Western District Clerk's OfficeClerk of Court of Western Appellate Division
- Court FormsDownload forms and instructions for all filings needed in Clay County
- Clay County Court of Appeals Western DistrictCases brought before the appellate court in Clay County
- Clay County Property RecordsSearch for property records by account number, name or address
- Clay County Ordinances and CodesSearch county codes and ordinances
- Clay County Sex Offender SearchLocate sex offenders in Clay County area
Local record guide
About public records in Clay County
County profile
Clay County at a glance
- State
- Missouri
- County seat
- Liberty
- Population
- 253,335
- Area
- 409 sq mi
- Founded
- 1822
- Cities and towns
- 7
Clay County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Clay County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining peace and order in the unincorporated areas of Clay County.
Police Departments. Clay County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Clay County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Liberty Police Department, Gladstone Police Department, and Excelsior Springs Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Clay County, Missouri, is primarily provided by Clay County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 12 South Water Street in Liberty, MO 64068. Arrest records and booking logs are public records under Missouri's Sunshine Law (Chapter 610 RSMo), and citizens can request these records by submitting a written public records request to the Sheriff's Office or visiting in person during business hours. In addition to the County Sheriff, municipal police departments serve individual cities within Clay County, including the Liberty Police Department, Gladstone Department of Public Safety, North Kansas City Police Department, Excelsior Springs Police Department, Kearney Police Department, Smithville Police Department, and the Kansas City Missouri Police Department (which has jurisdiction over portions of Kansas City within Clay County).
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Clay County are maintained by Clay County Sheriff's Office and the various municipal police departments within Clay County.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Clay County are taken and retained by Clay County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
The facility is located at 14 South Water Street, Liberty, MO 64068. You can also contact the detention center directly at (816) 407-3800 for more information about an inmate's status and charges.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Clay County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Clay County
- Old mine sites
- 88
- Still producing
- 9
- Main minerals
- crushed stone; Clay; construction sand and gravel
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 88
- Shafts and tunnels
- 41
- What they are
- adit, quarry, clay pit, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated
- Maps surveyed
- 1935 to 1990
- Records behind them
- 203 records for 185 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 97 named mine sites inside the county, 88 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 88 holes drawn inside the county, 41 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.
Missouri mine map and abandoned mine records
- Missouri Mine Map Repository (Missouri Geological Survey)The official repository under section 256.112 RSMo with more than 2,000 underground mine maps, 1,193 scanned (428 coal, 765 non coal), listed by number and by township, range and section so a location can be searched, with maps to download; 573-368-2100.
- Missouri DNR Land Reclamation Program, Abandoned Mine Lands (PUB2066)The program approved in 1982 to reclaim abandoned coal mine land; program page at https://dnr.mo.gov/land-geology/mining-land-reclamation.
- Missouri DNR Abandoned Mine Lands ViewerWeb map of completed coal, lead and zinc reclamation projects (2000 to 2014); the page says it does not show every mining related site in the state.
Named workings recorded in Clay County (69 shown, 47 unnamed on the map)
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Kearney map, 1971
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- MineAdit | Liberty map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1965
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- Mine TunnelAdit | Missouri City map, 1990
- City Wide SandSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Holliday Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Randolph DredgeSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Wren PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Wren PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Alrok Mine and MillStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Atwood QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Blue Valley Riprap QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Borrow PitStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Clay County Mine and MillStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Dever QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Doc Gould MineStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Everett Quarries #5Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Hedges QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- International Trade CenterStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Kearney QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Kelly QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- King QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Matthews QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Mclaughlin QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Missouri Rock Plant #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Randolph Mine and MillStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Rice QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Schell QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Tobin QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Underground Storage IncStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Wolfert QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
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.
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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Clay County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Clay County, Missouri?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Clay County Sheriff or a city police department in Clay County. Ask that agency for its record. RSMo 407.1150 makes it unlawful for anyone who publishes criminal record information, including booking photographs taken by Missouri law enforcement, to ask for or accept a fee to remove or correct it.
How do I get a criminal background check in Clay County, Missouri?
The Missouri criminal history record comes from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Name based search with name, date of birth and Social Security number through the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), or a fingerprint search with a completed FD 258 applicant fingerprint card. Fee: $16.00 per name based request; $20.00 per fingerprint based request (state only); $5.00 more for a notarized response.
How can I look up sex offenders in Clay County, Missouri?
Search the Missouri Sex Offender Registry (Missouri State Highway Patrol), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Clay County, Missouri?
Register with the local election authority (county clerk or board of election commissioners) or through the Missouri Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must be registered by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday before the election (RSMo 115.135).
How do I look up property records in Clay County, Missouri?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Clay County are kept by the Clay County Recorder of Deeds. Property values are set by the county Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Clay County, Missouri?
Certified birth and death certificates for Missouri come from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records. Local public health agencies also issue birth certificates for births from 1920 on and death certificates for deaths from 1980 on. By mail or in person by appointment at the Bureau of Vital Records, 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at your local public health agency, or by phone or online through VitalChek, which the Bureau names, for an added fee. Fee: $15 per birth record and $15 for each added copy; $14 per death record and $11 for each added copy.
How do I find business license records in Clay County, Missouri?
Business entity filings are searched with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Unit. The Secretary of State's starting steps say to register for a business license and other permits, if any, with your local city or county.
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