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Cuyahoga County at a glance
- State
- Ohio
- County seat
- Cleveland
- Population
- 1,264,817
- Area
- 1,246 sq mi
- Founded
- 1807
- Cities and towns
- 31
Cuyahoga County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in Cuyahoga County's unincorporated areas and operates Cuyahoga County jail.
Police Departments. Cuyahoga County is served by multiple law enforcement agencies, including Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Cleveland Police Department, Parma Police Department, and Lakewood Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department, headquartered at 1215 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, provides law enforcement services throughout Cuyahoga County, operates Cuyahoga County Corrections Center (county jail), and handles civil process service and court security. Inmate lookup for Cuyahoga County jail is available online through the Sheriff's Department website via the Inmate Information Search portal, which provides current booking information, charges, bond amounts, and expected release dates. Beyond the Sheriff, Cuyahoga County contains dozens of municipal police departments serving individual cities, including the Cleveland Division of Police, Lakewood Police Department, Parma Police Department, Cleveland Heights Police Department, Shaker Heights Police Department, Euclid Police Department, and many others across Cuyahoga County's 59 municipalities. Arrest records in Cuyahoga County are public records subject to Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Revised Code § 149.43, which requires government agencies to make public records available for inspection and copying within a reasonable time.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Cuyahoga County are maintained by Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office as well as local police departments.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Cuyahoga County are taken and retained by Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
1240 Huron Road East, Cleveland, OH 44115 • Phone: 216-443-3700 Cuyahoga County's court system includes the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, located at Cuyahoga County Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44113 (phone: 216-443-7950). Only eligible applicants (family members, legal representatives, or those with documented legal interest) may obtain certified copies, and valid photo identification is required. Marriage licenses are issued by Cuyahoga County Probate Court, located at 1 Lakeside Avenue East, Cleveland, OH 44113 (phone: 216-443-8761); both parties must appear in person with valid photo ID and Social Security numbers. Local business licenses and permits are typically issued by individual municipalities within Cuyahoga County, as Cuyahoga County itself does not issue general business licenses. The City of Cleveland Division of Taxation issues tax registration certificates for businesses operating within city limits (phone: 216-664-2070).
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Cuyahoga County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Cuyahoga County
- Old mine sites
- 6
- Sites with no status in the records
- 14
- Still producing
- 10
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; Clay
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 44
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, sand and gravel pit, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated, clay pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1953 to 1994
- Records behind them
- 77 records for 74 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 30 named mine sites inside the county, 6 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 44 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; Clay.
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. Coverage is automatic in the 26 mandatory counties (Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Stark, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Washington) and optional in 11 more.
Ohio mine map and abandoned mine records
- ODNR Ohio Mines Locator (Mines of Ohio)Locations and permit information for thousands of mapped surface and underground coal and mineral mines, found by entering a street address or clicking mining features, with statewide shapefile download; the viewer itself opens at https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/MapViewer/?config=OhioMines.
- ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management, Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation ProgramsThe state and federal AML programs that investigate and fix hazards from pre law coal mining; questions and concerns to minerals@dnr.ohio.gov.
- ODNR Map Viewer, Mines of Ohio layers (Divisions of Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Management)The map application behind the Mines Locator with the abandoned underground mine polygons digitized from archival mine maps, organized by county, with a Data tab listing the shapefiles.
- ODNR Mine Subsidence Insurance (Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund)The 1985 state fund administered by the Mine Subsidence Insurance Governing Board through the Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Underwriting Association: in 26 mandatory counties the cover is added to every homeowner policy for $1 a year, in 11 optional counties it is $5 a year by choice, and claims go to the homeowner agent or insurer.
Named workings recorded in Cuyahoga County (30 shown, 44 unnamed on the map)
- Mcgean Chemical/ Cleveland, OhioAntimony | Unknown
- Brush Wellman/ Cleveland, OhioBeryllium | Producer
- IndependenceBloating Material | Producer
- Cuyahoga Lime Company PlantCalcium | Producer
- Hydraulic Press Brick Company PitClay | Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Hydraulic Shale PitClay | Producer
- Independence Clay PitClay | Past Producer
- Great Lakes-St Lawrence/ ClevelandFluorine-Fluorite | Producer
- Ohio Carbon Cleveland PlantGraphite | Unknown
- Cleveland MineHalite; Salt | Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Jones & Laughlin Steel/ ClevelandIron | Unknown
- Metallurgical Inc/ Cleveland, OhioIron | Unknown
- Us Steel Corp/ Cleveland, OhioIron | Unknown
- River Smelting & Ref./ ClevelandIron, Zinc, Copper | Producer
- N. L. IndustriesLead | Unknown
- Quarry Division QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- (Facility) Hanna Nickel Smelter/ Cleveland, OhNickel | Plant
- Dock Number 1, Whiskey Island MillSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Leone Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Leone Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Terra Visa Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Dock # 1, Whiskey IslandSilica | Producer
- Industrial Quartz/ Cleveland, OhioSilica | Unknown
- Rockside QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- General Electric/ Euclid, OhioTungsten | Unknown
- Harshaw Chemicals/ Cleveland, OhioZirconium | Unknown
- Lincoln Electric/ Cleveland, OhioZirconium | Unknown
- Sherwood Refract.,Cleveland PlantZirconium | Unknown
- Zircoa Refractories/ Solon, OhioZirconium | Unknown
- Amax Rolling Mill/ Cleveland, OhioZirconium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Unknown
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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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department or a city police department in Cuyahoga County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Ohio Revised Code 2927.22 no one who publishes criminal record information, booking photographs included, may ask for or accept a fee to remove, correct or stop publishing it; a violation is a first degree misdemeanor.
How do I get a criminal background check in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
The Ohio criminal history record comes from the Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). Checks are fingerprint based: submit fingerprints electronically through a WebCheck location, or mail the BCI Civilian Background Check card with payment to P.O. Box 365, London, Ohio 43140. Fee: $22.00 for a BCI check.
How can I look up sex offenders in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Search the Ohio Attorney General Electronic Sex Offender Registration and Notification (eSORN), 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 Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Register with the county board of elections or through the Ohio Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration forms must be received or postmarked by the 30th day before the election.
How do I look up property records in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Cuyahoga County are kept by the Cuyahoga County recorder. Property values are set by the county auditor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Certified birth and death certificates for Ohio come from the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. More than 100 local vital statistics offices at local health departments in Ohio offer in person or other same day certified copies of Ohio vital records. Online through the Department of Health order portal with a credit card, by mail with check or money order to PO Box 15098, Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098, or in person at a local vital statistics office; the state office at 4200 Surface Road, Columbus serves same day birth record requests Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fee: $21.50 for each certified birth or death record.
How do I find business license records in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Business entity filings are searched with the Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Ohio.gov says some licenses and permits come from the state and others come from your city or county.
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