Clinton County, Ohio Public Records

Research Clinton County records across the courthouse and county campuses

Land recording now has a Davids Drive counter

The Recorder office publishes its location at 1850 Davids Drive, Suite 305, Wilmington, OH 45177, with telephone 937-382-2067. It records deeds, mortgages and other instruments affecting property. A prior courthouse address is not the current counter destination. Identify the parties, instrument or recording reference before requesting a copy. For older property work, follow the chain of recorded transactions and compare legal descriptions; the current tax-owner field alone does not establish every past transfer.

Legal case files and vehicle titles use separate offices

The Clerk of Courts distinguishes its legal division at 46 South South Street, Suite 333, Wilmington, OH 45177, from its title division at 1850 Davids Drive. The legal office handles Common Pleas and appellate filings within its assigned record duties. A vehicle title request should not be sent as a court-case inquiry. Identify the division, case or title reference and requested document before choosing the destination. Municipal proceedings and probate matters have separate custodians even when several court names appear in a countywide search.

Use the probate docket for estate and marriage matters

The Probate Court provides its own record-search, marriage and filing routes. An estate file, a will held in a historical collection and a marriage certificate are different requests. Give the decedent or parties, approximate date and any case reference. The probate cost schedule charges $2 plus $0.25 per page for an authenticated copy prepared by its clerk. That entry does not price every marriage certificate or a divorce order from another division. Ask the custodian to identify the applicable copy product before applying a fee to a chart.

Use the current local certificate price

The Health District birth and death instructions list a local fee of $28 per certified copy. They describe statewide Ohio birth records from 1909 forward and statewide death records from 1971 forward through this service. The counter is at 111 South Nelson Avenue, Wilmington, OH 45177. An older application or the state office's separate ordering price can show a different amount. Check the issuing office and current order instructions together; do not substitute a state price for the county service or infer that a pre-coverage event has no record.

Historical holdings have record-specific end dates

The Records and Archives guidance separates archived holdings from records still kept by active offices. Its directions send birth and death records after 1908 to the health department and marriage records after 1928 to Probate Court. These are transfer boundaries for particular collections, not a single starting year for all county records. State the record series and date span when asking staff to locate a volume or index. Preserve the volume, page and collection description in research notes so an entry can be requested again.

Match the tax record to the responsible office

The Auditor maintains property assessment and parcel information from its Davids Drive office. The Treasurer is responsible for tax collection. An assessment, a bill and a receipt describe different stages. When a balance or owner entry appears inconsistent, retain the parcel number, assessment or tax year, payment date and the document supporting the change. Ask the relevant office to explain the particular entry. A tax-system update does not substitute for recording the underlying deed.

Keep custody inquiries distinct from mail delivery

The Sheriff jail instructions publish jail telephone contacts and distinguish digitally processed personal mail from legal mail and qualifying publications delivered to the facility. Do not assume that every type of inmate correspondence goes to the street address. A jail status question also differs from a request for an incident report or a court disposition. Identify the person and event accurately, then use the custodian for the desired record. The roster, charging document and final court order can reflect different stages of the same matter.

Ask the creating office for a bounded record set

The Board of Elections handles county election and voter-registration services. The Building and Zoning office is the county route for its permits and zoning files; check municipal jurisdiction for a city or village property. Ohio's Public Records Act guidance describes prompt inspection and copies within a reasonable period, rather than a universal fixed-day completion deadline. Name the existing records, subject, date range and preferred format. Keep any explanation of delay or withholding with the request. State agency services are linked through the Ohio hub for records outside county custody.

Investigations closed

45

Back wages agreed

$205,859

Workers due back wages

478

Civil money penalties

$2,200

Employers on the record

35

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 35 on the Clinton County record; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 10 more with smaller records are on the Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.