Floyd County, Indiana Public Records

Investigations closed

60

Back wages agreed

$547,468

Workers due back wages

1,590

Civil money penalties

$5,000

Employers on the record

50

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 50 on the Floyd County record; 19 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 25 more with smaller records are on the Indiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Floyd County land images, court retrieval and local certificates

Distinguish the offices within the Hauss Square building

Floyd County's recorder, court clerk and assessor serve different records functions despite sharing the Hauss Square address. The Recorder preserves recorded instruments, the Clerk's Office handles case filings and marriage licenses, and the Assessor maintains valuation and mapping material. State the desired document when contacting the building. A property owner's name may appear in all of these systems, but a deed, civil judgment and assessment card are different records. Take the instrument or case number when you have one, and use the appropriate office's room and service hours for the visit.

Check the historical deed image before relying on its index

The Floyd recorder's online-search description says the database includes indexed deed images beginning with the 1783 Indiana land grants. It also explains that a small number of illegible deeds are deferred and require office assistance for certification. Read the actual image when it is available, including the legal description and any continuation pages. If an index hit leads to an unreadable image or no usable image, give staff the reference and ask about the retained record. The historical starting date describes this local deed collection; it does not establish the coverage of a court search or every other instrument type.

Choose a land-search billing method deliberately

Floyd County identifies Tapestry for occasional searching and Laredo for ongoing use at in.gov. The published Tapestry charge is $8.95 per search, with printing at $1 per page. Laredo uses monthly plans and separate copy charges, and the recorder must arrange the account. Before selecting a service, estimate whether you need one known instrument or repeated name and date searches. Record the search terms and result reference before printing, and distinguish a search charge from a certified-copy charge. These are county-authorized access products, but purchasing access does not itself certify a document or turn an index result into a title opinion.

Use the assessment and plat records to identify the property

The Assessor's departmental information (in.gov) identifies a separate plat room and mapping function. Its plat-viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Room 100; the assessor's office is listed in Room B3 at 311 Hauss Square. Use the parcel and map references to narrow the property inquiry, then obtain the recorded document through the recorder. When a parcel has been split or an owner name has changed, keep the assessment year with the result. A current tax entry alone may not describe the parcel configuration used in an older deed or restriction.

Plan court-copy inquiries around the clerk's service break

The Clerk's current service notice (floydcountyclerk.org) lists weekday service from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 311 Hauss Square, Room 235, on the second floor. That specific notice includes a midday closure even though a general footer gives the broader daily span. Identify whether the file is civil, probate, small claims, criminal or another case category before calling. A clear document description, such as a decree or a dated order, helps the division locate the correct paper. Ask about certification and delivery separately when the receiving organization requires an authenticated copy.

Use the clerk's records contact for a targeted retrieval

The clerk contact directory lists a records supervisor at 812-941-4578 and separate division contacts. Provide the case number, party names and filing year if known. Explain whether you want to inspect a file, obtain an ordinary copy or request a certified document. If your information comes from an online case summary, retain the court and case type displayed there; the same person may have unrelated cases in different divisions. Do not send a marriage-certificate inquiry to a criminal-case contact merely because both services sit within the Clerk's Office.

Prepare the local birth-certificate mailing packet

The Floyd County birth-certificate instructions require a notarized application, $15 for each requested copy and a stamped addressed return envelope. Payment by mail is a cashier's check or money order payable to Floyd County Health Department; personal checks are not accepted. The mailing destination is 1917 Bono Road, New Albany, IN 47150-4607. If the registrant was adopted, the instructions call for the adopted name. Supply the identifying details requested by the application before mailing it. An incomplete name or date can prevent the office from locating the intended record even when the event occurred locally.

Use the place of death to choose the local custodian

The Floyd County death-record guidance limits local issuance to deaths that occurred in Floyd County. Residence in the county does not establish that the event is in the local register. The local fee is $15 per certificate, with valid identification for an in-person request and a notarized application for the mail route. Follow the stated payment and return-envelope instructions. When the death occurred elsewhere, use the event county or the Indiana vital-record ordering service rather than sending a local application based only on the person's home address.

Ask the Sheriff's records staff for the agency-held report

The Floyd County Sheriff's contact directory separates records requests at 812-542-1790 from corrections inquiries at 812-948-5404. Use the records line for an agency report and the corrections line for a custody-related inquiry. The Sheriff describes different purchase methods for crash reports prepared by its own officers; establish the investigating agency before selecting a report service. A crash handled by a municipal agency may need that agency's process. For any request, include the incident date, location and report reference you have, while keeping a jail booking and the court's later disposition as separate records.

Keep each Floyd request attached to its source record

Build the request around the record creator: recorder for a filed deed, clerk for a case paper, health department for a local certificate and Sheriff records for an agency report. The health department publishes its own public-records request route for environmental records held by the department. That route does not replace a certificate application or authorize access to every health record. Retain the form or email sent, the office contact, a payment receipt and the exact record reference supplied. If the office asks for clarification, narrow the description using the original case, parcel or event information instead of starting a different search without a connection to the first request.