Michigan, Wayne County
Where Detroit's records are kept. Detroit has its own city government, police department, clerk's office and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Detroit's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Wayne County offices are on our Wayne County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchState records
The Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of MichiganCounty court
Site of Michigan's One Court of Justice: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals news, cases, opinions and orders, a trial court directory, court forms, MiFILE electronic filing and help for people representing themselves.
Open official site Michigan CourtsVital records
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services page for birth, stillbirth, death, marriage and divorce records and affidavits of parentage: order a certified copy, correct or amend a record, or register one.
Open official site Michigan MDHHS Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Michigan State Police steps to take when someone goes missing, from checking with friends and family to filing a missing person report with the local police agency.
Open official site Michigan State Police Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Public registry kept by the Michigan State Police under the Sex Offenders Registration Act, MCL 28.721, listing convicted sex offenders who must register in Michigan.
Open official site Michigan Public Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Michigan State Police checks by name through ICHAT, covering felonies and misdemeanors punishable by more than 93 days from all 83 counties, or by fingerprints where a law requires it.
Open official site Michigan State Police Criminal History Checks (ICHAT)City records
Detroit city government with the Mayor's Office, City Clerk and City Council, department pages, bill payment, license and permit renewals, appeals, city jobs and water service information.
Open official site City of DetroitPolice & jail
Detroit Michigan Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site Detroit Michigan Police DepartmentState records
Detroit Michigan City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Detroit Michigan City ClerkState records
Detroit Michigan Fire Department: 250 W. Larned Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 596-2900 communityrelations@detroitmi.gov.
Open official site Detroit Michigan Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
16 more Detroit sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Detroit, a place of 639,111 people, is the seat of Wayne County. Court and property records sit with Wayne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Detroit's own offices are in the cards above, and our Wayne 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 8 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 2 sites producing when the record was made, 5 processing plants, which are not workings. The minerals the records name are Fire Clay (Refractory); Aluminum.
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. GeoWebFace shows historic mining sites as points; no agency page with underground workings outlines was found, and the OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds Michigan maps.
Michigan abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 731 investigations with a Detroit address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $7,392,250 in back wages agreed for 8,739 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Hutzel Hospital | 1 | $458,801 | 272 |
| Children's Hospital of MI | 1 | $392,650 | 203 |
| Detroit Medical Center | 11 | $217,902 | 110 |
| Hutzel Women's Hospital | 1 | $206,941 | 158 |
| Detroit Grounds Crew, LLC | 1 | $171,248 | 190 |
| Ally Financial, LLC | 1 | $164,143 | 997 |
| Midfield Concessions Enterprises, Inc. | 2 | $152,325 | 104 |
| Andrews Delivery Service Inc. | 2 | $147,878 | 22 |
| Tri County Building LLC | 2 | $137,596 | 29 |
| Executive Construction Management Company | 2 | $126,389 | 44 |
| Integrated Manufacturing & Assembly | 3 | $120,417 | 501 |
| S & M Estate Management | 1 | $114,148 | 18 |
| Swanson Funeral Home Inc. | 1 | $108,400 | 36 |
| Giorgi Concrete, LLC | 2 | $106,335 | 38 |
| Inland Water Pollution Control, Inc. | 2 | $103,808 | 14 |
| Total Armored Car Service, Inc. | 2 | $101,705 | 111 |
| Stratus Security Management, Inc. | 5 | $97,223 | 136 |
| Henry Ford Health Systems | 2 | $95,004 | 23 |
| Jermor Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 6 | $87,439 | 58 |
| Lakeshore Global Corporation | 1 | $78,740 | 20 |
| Robinson Group Home | 3 | $78,624 | 24 |
| Epitec Group, Inc. | 1 | $77,719 | 69 |
| LR Glover Masonry and Development, LLC | 1 | $67,163 | 10 |
| Detroit Fire Dept Communication Division | 1 | $64,698 | 30 |
| Boulevard Manor L.L.C. | 1 | $64,647 | 138 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 572 whose address on the record is in Detroit; 188 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 547 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Detroit.
Deeds for property in Detroit are recorded by the Wayne County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Wayne County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan 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.