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Where Etna's records are kept. Etna has no town government, so its court and property records sit with Lincoln County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Wyoming.
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Etna has no town government of its own and relies on Lincoln County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Obtain your own or someone elses criminal history records.
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The Wyoming Attorney General represents state agencies and advises state officials, not private citizens. Criminal history requests go to its Division of Criminal Investigation, and court records come from the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
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Direct access to Wyoming court records online; from county to Supreme courts.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming links to PACER and CM/ECF for federal case dockets and filings. Wyoming state court records come from the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
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Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the elected law enforcement office for Etna, Wyoming, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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The clerk of the court, a constitutional officer, serves at the pleasure of the Court. The clerk is keeper of the court seal, she collects all fees and keeps the records, papers, and journals of the Supreme Court, both paper and electronic.
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Buy Wyoming hunting and fishing licenses, purchase preference points, apply for hunts, read harvest and permit rules such as the HIP permit, and find access areas.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the county clerk's office.
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The U.S. Marshals Service Wyoming Fugitive Task Force hunts fugitives with state and local partners. The Marshals post their 15 Most Wanted list and take tips through usmarshals.gov.
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Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Wyoming Dept. of Corrections.
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Request birth and death certificates from the WY Dept. of Health.
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Request Wyoming Highway Patrol public records, check mountain road and travel information, view missing and endangered person alerts, and find troop locations and ports of entry.
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Local record guide
What we hold on Etna, and who keeps its records.
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Etna is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, with no town government of its own, so its local records are kept by the county. The Lincoln County offices are in Kemmerer, the county seat. Our Lincoln County page lists each county office.
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Inspecting records is free under the Wyoming Public Records Act, and copying fees follow the procedures published by the Department of Administration and Information. A certified Wyoming birth certificate costs $25 and a death certificate $25 for the first copy and $20 for each additional copy, and county clerks charge set fees for deed copies.
Ask the Etna police department for incident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Wyoming Highway Patrol records are requested through its public records page, and crash reports come from WYDOT Highway Safety.
Cases filed in Lincoln County are heard by the district court and circuit court for the county, and records are obtained from the clerk of each court. The Wyoming Judicial Branch offers online case search for the Supreme Court.
Deeds and land records are recorded by the Lincoln County Clerk. The Lincoln County Assessor sets values, and the Lincoln County Treasurer collects property taxes.
Wyoming birth and death certificates are issued by Vital Records Services in Cheyenne, through the online portal or by mail, $25 each. Marriage records are kept by the county clerk where the license was issued.
Wyoming's Division of Criminal Investigation releases criminal history records with the person's fingerprints and signed consent, not as an open name search. Court records are requested from the clerk of court.
The Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-202, requires agencies to acknowledge a request and provide records promptly, and the state Public Records Ombudsman helps when a request stalls.