Rhode Island, Providence County
Where Cumberland's records are kept. Cumberland has its own town government, police department, municipal court and clerk's office; the town clerk keeps land records and copies of birth and death certificates.
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The cards below include Cumberland's own offices, along with State of Rhode Island offices; the Providence County offices are on our Providence County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island, Town Hall at 45 Broad Street, with APRA requests, business licenses, land evidence, online permitting, ticket payment, vital records and town budgets.
Open official site Town of CumberlandPolice & jail
Cumberland Police Department at 1379 Diamond Hill Rd posts arrest logs and offers VIN checks, car seat checks, CodeRED alerts, animal control, annual reports and public records requests.
Open official site Cumberland Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Cumberland Police record requests page with public records request information and form, plus criminal record checks for volunteers, school volunteers, BCI, employment and licensing.
Open official site Police Record RequestsMunicipal court
Cumberland Municipal Court handles parking and speeding tickets, zoning violations and town ordinance offenses, with its office at Town Hall, 45 Broad Street, and sessions at 1379 Diamond Hill Rd.
Open official site Cumberland Municipal CourtCity records
The Cumberland Town Clerk supports the town council, keeps land, birth, marriage and death records, serves the probate and municipal courts, handles open records requests and offers land records online from 1988.
Open official site Town ClerkCity records
Online request form for Town of Cumberland records under the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act; the police department handles its own requests separately.
Open official site Access to Public Records Request FormPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Issues certified Rhode Island birth, death and marriage records at 6 Harrington Road, Cranston, for $22 in person or $25 by mail; any city or town hall also issues birth certificate copies.
Open official site Rhode Island Department of Health Center for Vital RecordsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
More than 10 million letters, photographs and state documents at 33 Broad Street, Providence, free and open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; search birth, marriage and death records or book a research appointment.
Open official site Rhode Island State ArchivesCourt records
The bankruptcy court for Rhode Island explains how to get case information and copies of filed documents, through PACER or from the clerk's office in Providence.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Rhode IslandCounty court
Rhode Island's state courts, from the Supreme Court to the Traffic Tribunal, with the Public Portal for finding cases, hearing calendars, court forms, opinions and Judicial Records Center requests.
Open official site Rhode Island JudiciaryEverything else, organized
16 more Cumberland sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Cumberland is in Providence County, whose county seat is Providence. Cumberland's town clerk keeps its land records and copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Rhode Island state courts. Cumberland's own offices are in the cards above, and our Providence County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Rhode Island is run by the Rhode Island Department of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Cumberland.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Rhode Island come from the state vital records office, Rhode Island Center for Vital Records, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Cumberland register with the Rhode Island Department of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Cumberland requires one, comes from the town or Providence County.
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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.