Delaware, New Castle County
Where Delaware City's records are kept. Delaware City has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Delaware City's own offices, along with State of Delaware offices; the New Castle County offices are on our New Castle County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & 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 WantedState records
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, with a 24 hour hotline at 1-800-843-5678, missing child posters, AMBER Alerts, the CyberTipline and a list of state missing person clearinghouses.
Open official site National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenVital 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.
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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 CaseFederal
U.S. Census Bureau data profile of Delaware City city, Delaware: a 2020 Census count of 1,885, then income and poverty, education, employment, housing, health, and race and ethnicity statistics.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileState records
State archives in Dover whose Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room opens weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering a collections portal, digitized records and Delaware records on Ancestry.com with a free account.
Open official site Delaware Public ArchivesCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court at 824 N Market St, 3rd Floor, Wilmington, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays. Its site posts recent Chapter 11 filings, the hearing calendar, opinions and claim filing.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of DelawareEverything else, organized
8 more Delaware City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Delaware City, a place of 1,885 people, is in New Castle County, whose county seat is Wilmington. Court and property records sit with New Castle County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Delaware. Delaware City's own offices are in the cards above, and our New Castle County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Delaware City are recorded by the New Castle County Recorder of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our New Castle County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Delaware come from the state vital records office, Delaware Office of Vital Statistics. 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.