Kansas, Lyon County
Where Emporia's records are kept. Court and property records for Emporia sit with Lyon County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas.
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Emporia relies on Lyon County and the State of Kansas for its public records. The cards below are the Kansas state offices, and the Lyon County offices are on our Lyon County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
A state agency, the Kansas Historical Society runs the State Archives research room in Topeka, the Kansas Memory online collection, genealogy indexes, the Kansas Museum of History and 16 historic sites.
Open official site Kansas Historical SocietyCounty court
Sitting in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, the federal bankruptcy court for Kansas offers court calendars, an unclaimed funds locator, KSBFastFile for filing claims and a docket tool.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of KansasCounty court
The Kansas Judicial Branch explains CaseSearch, a free online search of public district court cases and documents after a user agreement; older documents and some records are viewable only on courthouse terminals.
Open official site Kansas Judicial Branch: Search District Court RecordsVital records
Kansas Department of Health vital records for Emporia.
Open official site Emporia Kansas Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Updated each working day, the Kansas Department of Corrections search covers people in its custody, on parole or in its funded programs, including absconders; full criminal histories come from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Open official site Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository (KASPER)Police & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation clearinghouse required by state law, listing current missing Kansans with search by name or location and a tip form; listings come from NCIC through the investigating agency.
Open official site KBI Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation search of registered sex, violent and drug offenders, updated every 15 minutes; offenders whose crimes came before April 14, 1994 are kept from public view.
Open official site KBI Public Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation online record check open to the general public for $30 through a KanAccess account; searches run from 4 AM to midnight Central time, outside the nightly maintenance window.
Open official site Kansas Criminal History Record SearchFederal
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for Emporia.
Open official site Emporia Kansas Census QuickFactsCity records
City of Emporia, Kansas official website, with city departments, city commission meetings, news and services for residents.
Open official site City of EmporiaCity records
The Emporia City Clerk issues city licenses, such as cereal malt beverage, club and caterer licenses, and lists each license fee and how to apply.
Open official site City of Emporia Licenses and PermitsPolice & jail
The Emporia Police Department page lets the public purchase reports and request records, and gives the non emergency number, 620-343-4225.
Open official site Emporia Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
11 more Emporia sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Emporia, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Emporia, a place of 24,139 people, is the seat of Lyon County, so most county offices are in Emporia itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Each Lyon County office is listed on our Lyon County page.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 2 holes inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
Emporia sits over the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by KDHE Abandoned Mine Land Program and linked below.
Kansas 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 39 investigations with a Emporia address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $66,559 in back wages agreed for 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TachoTaco, Inc. | 1 | $34,903 | 15 |
| Central Care, PA | 2 | $8,016 | 30 |
| City of Emporia Police Department | 1 | $5,514 | 2 |
| Manibhadra Corporation | 1 | $4,790 | 15 |
| Nona's | 1 | $3,763 | 10 |
| Coca-Cola Bottling of Emporia, Inc | 1 | $1,845 | 4 |
| Emporia Community Day Care Center, Inc | 1 | $1,770 | 2 |
| Emporia Investment, Inc | 1 | $1,410 | 2 |
| Nature's Paradise Health Food Store, Inc. | 1 | $1,114 | 10 |
| Singh, Inc. | 1 | $1,089 | 5 |
| Giovannies Italian Restaurant Inc. | 1 | $907 | 3 |
| Common Ground Management, LLC | 1 | $867 | 1 |
| Vogue Hospitality, LLC | 1 | $843 | 8 |
| Casbah Mediterranean Grill, LLC | 1 | $536 | 2 |
| Carry Inc. | 1 | $392 | 3 |
| Express Tire & Auto, LLC | 1 | $381 | 1 |
| Jay Shri Meladima of Kansas, Inc | 1 | $376 | 5 |
| Schellers, Inc. | 1 | $203 | 1 |
| Ball-McColm Post No. 5, Inc. | 1 | $189 | 1 |
| Internal Medicine Associates, LLC | 1 | $23 | 1 |
| Pilot Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Rue21, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Summit Drilling Company, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sana Hospitality Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hostess Brands LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 29 whose address on the record is in Emporia; 4 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 4 more with smaller records are on the Kansas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State, and the county election officer keeps the roll for Emporia. You can register online, by mail or in person. Registration books close 21 days before an election.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kansas come from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. The fee is $20 for each certified copy (the first $20 is a five year record search fee that includes one copy if the record is found).
Deeds for property in Emporia are recorded by the county Register of Deeds, the county appraiser sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer sends the tax bill. Our Lyon County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Emporia come from the Emporia Police Department, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Emporia register with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services, which runs the state business entity search. Businesses should check with the county and city where they operate for local permits and licenses; many trades need state agency licenses.
Kansas criminal history checks are run by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Central Repository. The fee is $20.00 for a name based online search; $30 for a certified name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based Kansas check. Name based search online at www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory (no longer by mail or walk in), or a certified or fingerprint based request to the KBI.
Same county
Other places in Lyon County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Lyon County records are on the county page.