Iowa, Cerro Gordo County
Where Clear Lake's records are kept. Clear Lake has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Clear Lake's own offices, along with State of Iowa offices; the Cerro Gordo County offices are on our Cerro Gordo County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The State Historical Society of Iowa opens its collection of more than 209 million items, with a catalog of government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, research centers, reference requests and copy orders.
Open official site State Historical Society of Iowa ResearchCounty court
Serving northern Iowa from Cedar Rapids and Sioux City, the court posts its hearing and 341 meeting calendar and decisions and offers electronic claim filing, payment through pay.gov and case information by phone.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IowaCounty court
Iowa's state court system online: find any county courthouse, search court records, fill in interactive court forms, eFile documents and follow Supreme Court opinions and oral arguments.
Open official site Iowa Judicial BranchVital records
Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services runs Medicaid, food and cash assistance and public health programs, and supplies certified copies of birth, death and marriage records.
Open official site Iowa Department of Health and Human ServicesPolice & jail
VINE gives custody status, protective order and criminal case information and sends alerts by text, email or phone when a person's status changes. Coverage depends on each state joining.
Open official site VINE Victim Notification NetworkPolice & jail
Clearinghouse run since 1985 by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, listing missing and unidentified persons with filters for gender, race, height and weight. Families may email a photo for a listing.
Open official site Iowa Missing Person Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation registry, the central store of Iowa sex offender registration records since July 1995. Search registrants by last name, first name, alias or ZIP code.
Open official site Iowa Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation record checks, on yourself or someone else, cost $15 per last name and need first name, last name and exact birth date; send online, by mail, fax or email.
Open official site Iowa DCI Criminal History Record CheckFederal
Federal statistics table for Clear Lake city, Iowa, from the U.S. Census Bureau, giving basic population, business and geography facts; an information icon beside each row names the survey behind it.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
Clear Lake's official city site, with the mayor and city council, city clerk, agendas and minutes, voter information, police and fire, the library, aquatic center, cemetery and planning and zoning.
Open official site City of Clear LakeProperty records
The City Clerk's office keeps most of Clear Lake's public records, ordinances, resolutions and council orders, issues city licenses and permits, and posts the licensed contractors list.
Open official site Clear Lake City ClerkPolice & jail
The police department for Clear Lake and Ventura has 16 sworn officers and 8 civilian staff on duty around the clock, takes crime tips by phone and meets with local groups.
Open official site Clear Lake Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
21 more Clear Lake sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Clear Lake, a place of 7,687 people, is in Cerro Gordo County, whose county seat is Mason City. Court and property records sit with Cerro Gordo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa. Clear Lake's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cerro Gordo 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 6 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is 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. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Iowa is run by the Iowa Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Clear Lake.
Deeds for property in Clear Lake are recorded by the Cerro Gordo County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cerro Gordo County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Iowa come from the state vital records office, Iowa HHS 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.