Indiana, Lake County
Where East Chicago's records are kept. East Chicago has its own city government, police department, municipal court, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include East Chicago's own offices, along with State of Indiana offices; the Lake County offices are on our Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of East Chicago, Indiana, at 4525 Indianapolis Boulevard, with city news, available property listings from the planning office and links to vital records, animal control, recycling and bus transit.
Open official site City of East ChicagoPolice & jail
East Chicago Police Department at 2301 Columbus Drive offers online report filing for listed incident types and states its motto, mission, vision and core values, with hiring information.
Open official site East Chicago Police DepartmentMunicipal court
East Chicago City Court at 2301 E. Columbus Drive, listed in the city staff directory with the City Court Judge and court phone and fax contacts.
Open official site East Chicago City CourtCity records
The East Chicago City Clerk at 2301 E Columbus Drive serves as clerk of the City Court and Common Council, collecting fines and fees, keeping court dockets and recording council votes and proceedings.
Open official site City ClerkCity records
The East Chicago Building Department at 4525 Indianapolis Boulevard enforces minimum building standards, runs annual rental registration for landlords and posts staff, contractor listings and important documents.
Open official site Building DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for East Chicago area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Certified Indiana birth, death and fetal death certificates, $10 for a birth and $8 for a death copy, issued to people with direct interest; births are on file from 1907 and deaths from 1900.
Open official site Indiana Department of Health Division of 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
State agency that keeps the Indiana State Archives, with records from the territorial period to today, and sets retention schedules for state and local offices; archive visits and tours can be arranged.
Open official site Indiana Archives and Records AdministrationCounty court
Bankruptcy court for northern Indiana with offices in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond and a Lafayette location, all reached at (574) 968-2265 on weekdays.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IndianaCounty court
Indiana Office of Judicial Administration search of cases that are not confidential, in courts using the Odyssey system, including appellate courts, by case or citation number, party name or attorney.
Open official site Indiana Courts Case Search (MyCase)Everything else, organized
14 more East Chicago sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
East Chicago, a place of 26,370 people, is in Lake County, whose county seat is Crown Point. Court and property records sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana. East Chicago's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lake 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 6 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned.
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. The DNR subsidence insurance page (www.in.gov/dnr/reclamation/mine-subsidence/subsidence-insurance) says the Division of Reclamation fills subsidence holes but does not pay for structural damage, which is what the fund is for.
Indiana 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Indiana is run by the Indiana Election Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for East Chicago.
Deeds for property in East Chicago are recorded by the Lake County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Lake County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Indiana come from the state vital records office, Indiana Department of Health 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.